Numbers 5:29

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

This is the ceremony that must take place at my altar when a husband suspects that his wife has been unfaithful. The priest must make the woman stand in my presence and carefully follow these instructions.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:26

and spread violence throughout the land. Everything you do is wicked; you are even unfaithful in marriage. And you claim the land is yours!

Leviticus 11:46

I have given these laws so that you will know what animals, birds, and fish are clean and may be eaten, and which ones are unclean and may not be eaten.

Leviticus 13:59

These are the rules for deciding if clothing is clean or unclean after a spot appears on it.

Leviticus 7:11

Here are the instructions for offering a sacrifice to ask my blessing:

Numbers 5:12

to say to the people of Israel: Suppose a man becomes jealous and suspects that his wife has been unfaithful, but he has no proof.

Numbers 5:15

He must take his wife to the priest, together with one kilogramme of ground barley as an offering to find out if she is guilty. No olive oil or incense is to be put on that offering.

Numbers 5:28

But if she is innocent, her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to have children.