Numbers 5:29
in Numbers 5This is the law of jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
KJV
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
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This verse in Numbers 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis is the law of jealousies - And this is the most singular law in the whole Pentateuch: a law that seems to have been copied by almost all the nations of the earth, whether civilized or barbarian, as we find that similar modes of trial for suspected offenses were used when complete evidence was wanting to convict; and where it was expected that the object of their worship would interfere for the sake of justice, in order that the guilty should be brought to punishment, and the innocent be cleared.
This site's exposition
This is the law of jealousy
on Numbers 5:29-31
Adam Clarke calls this the most singular law in the Pentateuch and notes that many nations tried the accused by fire, poison or water. Israel’s trial carries no bodily hazard, since the woman swallows only water, dust and ink.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This is the law of jealousies,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This is the law of jealousies--Adultery discovered and proved was punished with death. But strongly suspected cases would occur, and this law made provision for the conviction of the guilty person.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֹ֥את | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| תּוֹרַ֖ת | torat | [is] [the] law of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת | hakenaot | <the> jealousi<es> | H7068 → | 43 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תִּשְׂטֶ֥ה | tisteh | she will turn aside | H7847 → | 6 times |
| אִשָּׁ֛ה | ʾishah | a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| תַּ֥חַת | tachat | under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| אִישָׁ֖הּ | ʾishah | husband her | H376 → | 1663 times |
| וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃ | venitmaah | and she will make herself unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
זֹ֥אתthis
zotH2063 →603 times
תּוֹרַ֖ת[is] [the] law of
toratH8451 →219 times
הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת<the> jealousi<es>
hakenaotH7068 →43 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תִּשְׂטֶ֥הshe will turn aside
tistehH7847 →6 times
אִשָּׁ֛הa wife
ʾishahH802 →781 times
תַּ֥חַתunder
tachatH8478 →505 times
אִישָׁ֖הּhusband her
ʾishahH376 →1663 times
וְנִטְמָֽאָה׃and she will make herself unclean
venitmaahH2930 →162 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Numbers 5:15then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:16
Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the…
- 1 Kings 17:18
“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
- Leviticus 5:11
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense…
- Ezekiel 29:16
Through
Numbers 5:12“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him
it leads to
- Numbers 5:19–20
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…
- Proverbs 2:16–17
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Numbers 5:19–20
Through
Leviticus 7:11Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
it leads to
- Leviticus 22:18–21
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the…
- Leviticus 3:1–17
“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Ezekiel 45:15
And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the…
- Leviticus 22:18–21
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).