You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbour’s wife. Should you then receive possession of the land? ”
Numbers 5:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘This is the law regarding jealousy when a wife goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the law of jealousy and suspicion when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is defiled, American Standard Version (1901) This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled; Common English Bible These are the instructions about jealousy, when a wife has an affair while married to her husband and defiles herself, Catholic Public Domain Version This is the law for jealousy. If a woman has turned aside from her husband, and if she has been polluted, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the law of jealousy. If a woman hath gone aside from her husband, and be defiled, |
You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbour’s wife. Should you then receive possession of the land? ”
‘This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,
‘This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, warp or weft, or any leather article, in order to pronounce it clean or unclean.’
‘Now this is the law of the fellowship sacrifice that someone may present to the Lord:
‘Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man’s wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him,
then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two litres of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance to draw attention to guilt.
The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, “If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.
But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.
or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to make the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest will carry out all these instructions for her.