Numbers 5
BSB
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

ModeStrong’s numbers

Berean Standard Bible

Numbers 5:11-19

11Then the LORDH3068 saidH1696 toH413 MosesH4872H559, 12“SpeakH1696 toH413 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 and tell them thatH559H413 ifH3588 any man’sH376 wifeH802 goes astrayH7847 and is unfaithfulH4603 to him 13by sleeping withH7901 another manH376H854H7902H2233, and it is concealedH5956 fromH5869 her husbandH376 and herH1931 impurityH2930 is undetectedH5641 (since there is noH369 witness against herH5707 and sheH1931 was notH3808 caught in the actH8610), 14and if a feelingH7307 of jealousyH7068 comes overH5674 her husband and he suspectsH7065 his wifeH802 whoH1931 has defiled herselfH2930—orH176 if a feelingH7307 of jealousyH7068 comes overH5674 himH5921 and he suspectsH7065 herH802 even though sheH1931 has notH3808 defiled herselfH2930— 15thenH376 he is to bringH935 his wifeH802 toH413 the priestH3548.

He must also bringH935 for herH5921 an offeringH7133 of a tenthH6224 of an ephahH374 of barleyH8184 flourH7058.1 He is notH3808 to pourH3332 oilH8081H3808 overH5921 it or putH5414 frankincenseH3828 on itH5921, becauseH3588 itH1931 is a grain offeringH4503 for jealousyH7068, an offeringH4503 of memorialH2146 as a reminderH2142 of iniquityH5771.

16The priestH3548 is to bring the wife forwardH7126 and have her standH5975 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068. 17ThenH3548 he is to takeH3947 some holyH6918 waterH4325 in a clayH2789 jarH3627 and putH5414 some ofH4480 the dustH6083 from the tabernacleH4908 floorH7172 intoH413 the waterH4325.

18After the priestH3548 has the womanH802 standH5975 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, he is to let downH6544 herH802 hairH7218 and placeH5414 inH5921 her handsH3709 the grain offeringH4503 of memorialH2146, whichH1931 is the grain offeringH4503 for jealousyH7068. The priestH3548 isH1961 to holdH3027 the bitterH4751 waterH4325 that brings a curseH779. 19AndH3548 he is to put the woman under oathH7650 and sayH559 toH413 herH802, ‘IfH518 no otherH3808 manH376H854 has slept with youH7901 andH518 you have notH3808 gone astrayH7847 and become defiledH2932 while underH8478 your husband’s authorityH376, may you be immuneH5352 to thisH428 bitterH4751 waterH4325 that brings a curseH779.

Read all of Numbers 5

Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 5:15 A tenth of an ephah is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably about 3.5 pounds or 1.6 kilograms of barley flour). ↩

Commentaries on Numbers 5

Berean Standard Bible — © Berean Bible — CC0 / Public Domain