But if you have gone astray, being under your husband’s authority, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband—”
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But if you have gone astray, being under your husband’s authority, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband—”
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But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
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but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband —
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Passages linked to Numbers 5:20 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,
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But if thou hast gone aside to another instead…
But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband,.... Gone aside from the paths of modesty and chastity, and betook herself to another man's bed instead of her husband's:
and if thou be defiled, by committing adultery:
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and some man hath lain with thee beside thy husband; these phrases are all synonymous, and a heap of words are made use of to express the sin, and that there might be no evasion of it, and that it might be clear what was intended, this being said on oath.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 under her husband
under her husband
This phrase means that she is under her husband's authority. AT: "under her husband's authority" (See: Metonymy)
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have gone astray
The words "gone astray" is an idiom that means "to be unfaithful." AT: "have been unfaithful to your husband" (See: Idiom)
you are defiled
This can be stated in active form. AT: "you have defiled yourself" (See: Active or Passive)
that can bring down a curse on her
The phrase "bring down a curse" is an idiom meaning for a curse to come upon her. AT: "that can cause a curse to come upon her" (See: Idiom)
Yahweh will make you into a curse ... your people to be such
Here the author speaks about the woman bearing the curse that Yahweh gives her, which causes other people to curse her. This is spoken of as if the woman herself becomes a curse. AT: "Because Yahweh curses you, other people will curse you as well, and Yahweh will show people that you are truly cursed" (See: Metaphor)
that will be shown to your people to be such
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that he will show to your people as a curse" (See: Active or Passive)
your thigh to waste away and your abdomen to swell
Possible meanings are 1) that the woman will become unable to have children or 2) that the woman's pregnancy will end too early and the baby will die.
your thigh to waste away
Here the word "thigh" is a polite way of referring to the woman's womb or her private parts. AT: "your womb to be useless" (See: Euphemism)
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defile
priest
people group
waste
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