Numbers 5:20
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
But 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:
21 Then 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;
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—
- KJV
- But 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:
- WEB
- But if you have gone astray, being under your husband’s authority, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband—”
- ASV
- But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:
- DARBY
- But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,
- BLB
- And if you have gone astray [while] under your husband, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man has lain with you in intercourse, other than your husband’—
- ÅB
- Men er det så at du har vært utro mot din mann og latt deg vanære, og at noen annen enn din mann har hatt samleie med deg
- OTB
- Men hvis du har gått på avveie mens du var gift med din mann og har gjort deg uren ved å ha seksuell omgang med en annen mann enn din mann"—
- B1930
- Men er det så at du har vært utro mot din mann og latt dig vanære, og at nogen annen enn din mann har hatt samleie med dig
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 5:12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
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