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Numbers 5:27 KJV
Numbers · chapter 5 · verse 27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.Numbers 5:27 · King James Version
Numbers 5:27 in context
25Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
26And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
28And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- trespassmaʻaltreacheryH4604 →
- defiledṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- husbandʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- bittermarbitterH4751 →
- drinkshâqâhto quaffH8248 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
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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