Numbers 5:16

Then shall the priest bring her near,—and cause her to stand before Yahweh;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

In Context

15then shall the man bring in his wife unto the priest, and shall bring in her offering for her, the tenth of an ephah of the meal of barley,—he shall not pour thereon oil, nor put thereon frankincense, for a jealousy gift, it is, a reminding gift bringing to mind iniquity.

17and the priest shall take hallowed water in an earthen vessel,—and of the dust which shall be upon the floor of the habitation, shall the priest take, and put into the water;

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:3If an ascending-sacrifice, be his oblation—of the herd, a male without defect, shall he bring near,—unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall he bring it, for its acceptance, before Yahweh.

Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators and adulterers, God, will judge.

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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