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Numbers 5:31 KJV
Numbers · chapter 5 · verse 31
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.Numbers 5:31 · King James Version
Numbers 5:31 in context
29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
30Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
31Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- guiltlessnâqâhto be cleanH5352 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- bearnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
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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