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Numbers 5:29

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.

28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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

30 Or 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.

31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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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.

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BSB
This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
KJV
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
WEB
“‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled,
ASV
This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
DARBY
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth astray to another instead of her husband and is defiled,
BLB
This [is] the law of jealousy, when a wife goes astray [while] under her husband and defiles herself,
ÅB
Dette er skinnsyke-loven: Når en kvinne er utro mot sin mann og lar seg vanære,
OTB
"‘Dette er loven om sjalusi når en kone går på avveie og gjør seg uren mens hun er gift med sin mann,
B1930
Dette er skinnsyke-loven: Når en kvinne er utro mot sin mann og lar sig vanære,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Numbers 5:19

    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:

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  • 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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  • Leviticus 15:32–33

    This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;

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  • Isaiah 5:7–8

    For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

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  • Numbers 5:15

    Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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  • Leviticus 13:59

    This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

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  • Leviticus 14:54–57

    This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

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  • Leviticus 11:46

    This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

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