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Numbers 5:19

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And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

KJV

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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This verse in Numbers 5

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

And he is to put the woman under oath

on Numbers 5:19-20

The oath comes in two halves, and the acquittal comes first: “may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse”. The priest speaks and the woman listens, and her own words wait until verse 22.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the priest shall charge her by an oath,.... Or give her her oath: and say unto the woman, if no man hath lain with thee: besides her husband: and thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband; which is but another phrase expressive of the same thing, the sin of adultery: be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse; if this is the case, it shall produce no bitter effects, or bring any curse upon thee.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַand he will make swear

    vehishbia'H7650 →186 times

  • אֹתָ֜הּ<obj.> her

    ʾotahH853 →10935 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְאָמַ֤רand he will say

    veamarH559 →5305 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָֽאִשָּׁה֙the woman

    haishahH802 →781 times

  • אִם־if

    ʾim-H518 →1069 times

  • לֹ֨אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׁכַ֥בhe has lain with

    shakhavH7901 →212 times

  • אִישׁ֙a man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • אֹתָ֔ךְwith <the> you

    ʾotakhH854 →929 times

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • שָׂטִ֛יתyou have turned aside

    satitH7847 →6 times

  • טֻמְאָ֖הuncleanness

    tumahH2932 →

  • תַּ֣חַתunder

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • אִישֵׁ֑ךְhusband your

    ʾishekhH376 →1663 times

  • הִנָּקִ֕יbe free

    hinakiH5352 →44 times

  • מִמֵּ֛יfrom [the] waters of

    mimeiH4325 →581 times

  • הַמָּרִ֥ים<the> bitter [things]

    hamarimH4751 →37 times

  • הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖יםwhich bring a curse

    hamararimH779 →63 times

  • הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 5:29This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,5 worksRomans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.2 worksNumbers 5:12“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him2 worksNumbers 5:28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.2 worksMatthew 26:63But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Romans 7:2

    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 2:23–24

      And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

    • 1 Corinthians 7:4

      The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

    • 1 Corinthians 7:39

      A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

    • Numbers 30:7–8

      and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

  • Through

    Matthew 26:63

    But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 5:1

      “If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.

    • Isaiah 53:7

      He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…

    • Matthew 16:16

      Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

    • Matthew 27:12

      And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 5 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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