Numbers 5:13

Then suppose that another man sleeps with her. In that case, she is defiled. Even if her husband does not see it or know about it, and even if no one catches her in the act and there is no one to testify against her,

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And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

In Context

12“Speak to the people of Israel. Say to them, 'Suppose that a man's wife turns away and sins against her husband.

14nevertheless, a spirit of jealousy might still inform the husband that his wife is defiled. However, a spirit of jealousy might falsely come on a man when his wife is not defiled.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:20Do not sleep with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her in this way.

Proverbs 7:18Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; 1 let us take great pleasure in acts of love. 1

Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: 1 she eats and she wipes her mouth 1 and says, “I have done nothing wrong.” 1

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:12-31

The Bitter Water of Jealousy. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of… Read the whole commentary →

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