Verse 26
Numbers 5:26
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or when a husband starts feeling jealous and becomes suspicious of his wife. He shall have his wife stand before the Lord, and the priest is to carry out every part of this rule.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/קָמַ֨ץ הַ/כֹּהֵ֤ן מִן הַ/מִּנְחָה֙ אֶת אַזְכָּ֣רָתָ֔/הּ וְ/הִקְטִ֖יר הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֑חָ/ה וְ/אַחַ֛ר יַשְׁקֶ֥ה אֶת הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶת הַ/מָּֽיִם
English Translation
And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, its memorial portion, and shall burn it on the altar; and afterward he shall cause the woman to drink the water.
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Chapter 5 Context
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The Lord told Moses,
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“Order the Israelites to expel from the camp anyone who has a skin disease, or who has a discharge,...
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Whether male or female, you must expel them so they won't make their camp unclean, for that is where...
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The Israelites followed these instructions, and expelled such people from the camp. They did what th...
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The Lord told Moses,
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“Tell the Israelites that when a man or woman is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning against someone e...
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and must confess their sin. They have to pay the full amount of compensation plus one-fifth of its v...
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However, if that person doesn't have a relative who can be paid the compensation, it belongs to the...
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Your holy offerings belong to you, but once you give them to the priest they belong to him.”
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The Lord told Moses,
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“Tell the Israelites that these are the instructions to follow if a man's wife has an affair, being...
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by sleeping with someone else. It may be that her husband doesn't find out and her unclean act wasn'...
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But if her husband becomes jealous and suspicious of his wife, whether she's guilty or not,
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he is to take her before the priest. He is also to take with him on her behalf an offering of one te...
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Once the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall let her hair loose and have her ho...
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He shall place the woman under oath and tell her, ‘If no one else has slept with you and you have no...
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But if you have been unfaithful while married to your husband and have become unclean and have had s...
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(Here the priest shall place the woman under the oath of the curse as follows.) “May the Lord place...
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May this water that curses go into your stomach and make your belly swell up and your thighs shrink....
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He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that curses, and it will cause her bitter pain if she...
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The priest shall take back from her the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the Lord, and ta...
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Then the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as a reminder portion and burn it on the...
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After he has made her drink the water, if she has made herself unclean and has been unfaithful to he...
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But if the woman has not made herself unclean by being unfaithful and is clean, she will not experie...
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This is the rule to follow in cases of jealousy when a wife has an affair and makes herself unclean...
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or when a husband starts feeling jealous and becomes suspicious of his wife. He shall have his wife...
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If she is found guilty, her husband will not be held responsible. But the woman will bear the conseq...
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