The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh.
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The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh.
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And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
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And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Numbers 5:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 1:3 “ ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 17:10 “I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
- Hebrews 13:4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Revelation 2:22-23 Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works. I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 5:16 And the priest shall bring her near,…
Num 5:16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
Ver. 16. Set her before the Lord.] Whose the judgment was; that, if guilty, she might be scared from submitting herself to this trial; since God knows all our thefts.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. the woman; but of her he speaks, Num…
i.e. the woman; but of her he speaks, Num 5:18; or it, i.e. the offering, which is last spoken of, so the feminine gender is put for the masculine or the neuter, of both which we have instances.
Before the Lord, i.e. before the sanctuary where the ark was.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priest shall bring her near,.... Or "offer…
And the priest shall bring her near,.... Or "offer it", as the Vulgate Latin version, that is, the offering of jealousy:
and set her before the Lord; or "it", the offering; for which the Tigurine version is more express,"let the priest offer that sacrifice, and set that before the Lord,''for the setting of the woman before the Lord is spoken of in Num 5:18.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Before the Lord - That is, before the sanctuary…
Before the Lord - That is, before the sanctuary where the ark was.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Bring her near — The pronoun her may…
16. Bring her near — The pronoun her may in the Hebrew be translated it, and refer to the offering, since the woman is presented in Num_5:18, and since it was the office of the priest to present unto Jehovah all offerings.
Before the Lord — “Before the Lord” here relates to the altar for burnt offerings before the door of the tabernacle.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. before Jehovah] Probably at the altar of burnt-offering;…
16. before Jehovah] Probably at the altar of burnt-offering; it was impossible for her to be admitted into the Tabernacle.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Before the Lord. Either at the brazen altar or…
Before the Lord. Either at the brazen altar or at the door of the tabernacle.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 near and place her before Yahweh
near and place her before Yahweh
"in the presence of Yahweh." The priest would bring her near the altar. AT: "near the altar and place her in the presence of Yahweh" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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