The priest shall cause her to take an oath and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
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The priest shall cause her to take an oath and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
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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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And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: 'If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse;
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Numbers 5:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 5:12 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,
- Romans 7:2 For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.
- Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 5:19 And the priest shall charge her by…
Num 5:19 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:
Ver. 19. Causeth the curse.] The divine justice caused it; the water discovered it.
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 Charge her by an oath, to answer truly to…
Charge her by an oath, to answer truly to his question, or to declare by oath whether she be guilty or no, and after such oath shall say as follows.
If no man, to wit, except thy husband, as is manifest from the whole context; or no other man, the word another being understood here, as it is thought to be also Gen 14:1; 36:6; Exo 22:20. With another, or, with him, i.e. the man now mentioned. So it is an ellipsis easily supplied out of the text.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priest shall charge her by an oath,....…
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:
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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.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain By an oath - To answer truly to his…
By an oath - To answer truly to his question, or to declare whether she be guilty or no, and after such oath shall say as follows.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Adjure. The woman was put to her oath. (Josephus)…
Adjure. The woman was put to her oath. (Josephus) (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 19. Instead of thy husband — Hebrew, under thy…
19. Instead of thy husband — Hebrew, under thy husband; that is, being in the power of thy husband. This explains the words, no man.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. being under thy husband] i.e. under his authority;…
19. being under thy husband] i.e. under his authority; cf. Eze_23:5 ‘when she was mine’ (R.V. ), lit. ‘under me.’
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain If no man. The oath presupposed her innocence. With…
If no man. The oath presupposed her innocence. With another instead of thy husband. Hebrew, "under thy husband, i.e., as a wife subject to a husband. (Eze_23:5 Hos_4:12) Upandrov ousa , Septuagint. It was only as a femme couverte that she could commit this sin.
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