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THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY (Numbers 5:11-31).
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Numbers 5:12-27
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Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:11-31Numbers 5:11-31 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThis law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions might occasion. It would also hinder the guilty from escaping, and…The Bitter Water of Jealousy. (b. c. 1490.)Numbers 5:11-31 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE BITTER WATER OF JEALOUSY. (B. C. 1490.) We have here the law concerning the solemn trial of a wife whose husband was jealous of her. Observe, I. What was the case supposed: That a man had some reason to suspect his…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:11-31Numbers 5:11-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE SIN OF ADULTERY We have here, in the letter, a piece of legislation altogether obsolete, because adapted to an age and to ideas utterly foreign to our own; yet, in the spirit, we have, as part of the moral law of Go…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:11-31Numbers 5:11-31 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY Just previously, regulations are laid down with respect to offences in general. Here is an offence which needed to be dealt with m a special way, as being one where restitution was impossible. The…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:12Numbers 5:12 · The Pulpit CommentaryIf any man's wife … commit a trespass against him. The adultery of the wife is here regarded only from a social point of view; the injury to the husband, the destruction of his peace of mind, even by the bare suspicion,…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 5:11-31This law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions might occasion. It would also hinder the guilty from escaping, and…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Bitter Water of Jealousy. (b. c. 1490.)THE BITTER WATER OF JEALOUSY. (B. C. 1490.) We have here the law concerning the solemn trial of a wife whose husband was jealous of her. Observe, I. What was the case supposed: That a man had some reason to suspect his…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:11-31THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY Just previously, regulations are laid down with respect to offences in general. Here is an offence which needed to be dealt with m a special way, as being one where restitution was impossible. The…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:11-31THE SIN OF ADULTERY We have here, in the letter, a piece of legislation altogether obsolete, because adapted to an age and to ideas utterly foreign to our own; yet, in the spirit, we have, as part of the moral law of Go…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:12If any man's wife … commit a trespass against him. The adultery of the wife is here regarded only from a social point of view; the injury to the husband, the destruction of his peace of mind, even by the bare suspicion,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:13If it be laid. Or, "if he be hid." This verse is explanatory of the former. Taken with the manner. The latter words are not in the Hebrew. It means no doubt "taken in the act" (cf. John 8:4). αὐτὴ μὴ ᾗ συνειλημμέ…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:14And she be not defiled. As far as the mischief here dealt with was concerned, it was almost equally great whether the woman was guilty or not.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 5:15He shall bring her offering for her. קָדְבָּנָהּ, "her offering;" עָלֶיהָ, "on her account." It was to be a meat offering—not connected on this occasion with any other sacrifice—of the fruits of the earth, symbolizing t…Joseph S. Exell and contributors