Verse 14
Numbers 5:14
New Living Translation
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If her husband becomes jealous and is suspicious of his wife and needs to know whether or not she has defiled herself,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עָבַ֨ר עָלָ֧י/ו רֽוּחַ קִנְאָ֛ה וְ/קִנֵּ֥א אֶת אִשְׁתּ֖/וֹ וְ/הִ֣וא נִטְמָ֑אָה אוֹ עָבַ֨ר עָלָ֤י/ו רֽוּחַ קִנְאָה֙ וְ/קִנֵּ֣א אֶת אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ וְ/הִ֖יא לֹ֥א נִטְמָֽאָה
English Translation
And if a spirit of jealousy passes over him and he becomes jealous of his wife, and she is defiled, or if a spirit of jealousy passes over him and he becomes jealous of his wife and she is not defiled.
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Chapter 5 Context
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The LORD gave these instructions to Moses:
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“Command the people of Israel to remove from the camp anyone who has a skin disease or a discharge,...
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This command applies to men and women alike. Remove them so they will not defile the camp in which I...
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So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.
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Then the LORD said to Moses,
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people — men or women — betr...
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They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done, adding an additional...
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But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can b...
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All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.
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Each priest may keep all the sacred donations that he receives.”
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And the LORD said to Moses,
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Suppose a man’s wife goes astray, and she...
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and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defile...
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If her husband becomes jealous and is suspicious of his wife and needs to know whether or not she ha...
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the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts of barle...
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“The priest will then present her to stand trial before the LORD.
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He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle fl...
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When the priest has presented the woman before the LORD, he must unbind her hair and place in her ha...
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The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you,...
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But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband, and have defiled yourself by having...
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“At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LOR...
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Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your wo...
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And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water...
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He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. When the water enters her bo...
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“The priest will take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, lift it up before the LORD, and c...
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He will take a handful of the flour as a token portion and burn it on the altar, and he will require...
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If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse wi...
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But if she has not defiled herself and is pure, then she will be unharmed and will still be able to...
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“This is the ritual law for dealing with suspicion. If a woman goes astray and defiles herself while...
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or if a man becomes jealous and is suspicious that his wife has been unfaithful, the husband must pr...
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The husband will be innocent of any guilt in this matter, but his wife will be held accountable for...
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