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Numbers 5:22 KJV
Numbers · chapter 5 · verse 22
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.Numbers 5:22 · King James Version
Numbers 5:22 in context
20But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
21Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
24And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- bowelsmêʻehused only in plural the intestines, or the abdomen, figuratively, sympathyH4578 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- curseʼârarto execrateH779 →
- bellybeṭenthe belly, especially the wombH990 →
- swelltsâbâhto amassH6638 →
- thighyârêkthe thighH3409 →
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We have here the law concerning the solemn trial of a wife whose husband was jealous of her. Observe, I. What was the case supposed: That a man had some reason to suspect his wife to have committed adultery, Num 5:12-14. Here, 1. The sin of adultery is justly represented as an exceedingly sinful sin;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-31