Numbers 5:29

This, is the law of jealousies,—when a wife shall turn aside [to another] instead of her husband, and fall into uncleanness;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

In Context

28But, if the woman have not fallen into uncleanness, but is pure, then shall she be clear and shall bear seed.

30or when there passeth over, a husband, a spirit of jealousy, and he becometh jealous of his wife, then shall he cause the woman to stand before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law:

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:11And, this, is the law of the peace-offering which one may bring near unto Yahweh.

Leviticus 13:59This, is the law as to the plague-spot of leprosy, in a garment of wool or of flax, whether in the warp or the weft, or in any utensil of skin,—To pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

Leviticus 15:32This, is the law—Of him that hath a flux,—And of him from whom goeth an outflow of seed, making unclean thereby;

Numbers 5:15then 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.

Isaiah 5:7Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted,—And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.

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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