George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Numbers 5:21
Curse. Hebrew, "an object of execration, and an oath," &c., so that people can wish no greater misfortune to befall any one, than what thou shalt endure. (Haydock)
Curse. Hebrew, "an object of execration, and an oath," &c., so that people can wish no greater misfortune to befall any one, than what thou shalt endure. (Haydock)
Verse Numbers 5:21. _THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE AND AN OATH_] Let thy name and punishment be remembered and mentioned as an example and terror to all others. Like that mentioned Jeremiah 29:22: "The...
The trial of jealousy. Since the crime of adultery is especially defiling and destructive of the very foundations of social order, the whole subject is dealt with at a length proportionate to its impo...
4. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE CAMP AND THE NAZARITE CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Concerning the leper, the issue and defilement of the dead (Numbers 5:1)_ 2. Concerning restitution (Numbers 5:5) 3. Concerning th...
AN ORDEAL IN CASES OF JEALOUSY. A married woman suspected of unfaithfulness is, in the absence of evidence, to be subjected to an ordeal by being made to drink holy water with which dust from the floo...
CHARGE, &C. This ordeal was provided for in the Laws of Khammurabi, 131, 132. See App-15....
The Ordeal of Jealousy. Though in its present form a late priestly composition this section is evidently based upon very ancient material. Its contents find no parallel in the other Pentateuchal code...
THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE, &C.— i.e. The Lord make thee such an object of his malediction, and such a dreadful monument of his vengeance, that men may make thy case a model of imprecation; saying, If...
C. THE ORDEAL OF JEALOUSY vv. 11-31 TEXT Numbers 5:11. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespas...
_THEN THE PRIEST SHALL CHARGE THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING, AND THE PRIEST SHALL SAY UNTO THE WOMAN, THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE AND AN OATH AMONG THY PEOPLE, WHEN THE LORD DOTH MAKE THY THIGH TO...
VARIOUS CEREMONIAL LAWS 1-4. On the seclusion of lepers and unclean persons, see Leviticus 13-15. 5-10. On the law of restitution, see Leviticus 5:14 to Leviticus 6:7, to which the present passage is...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 *UNCLEAN PEOPLE – NUMBERS 5:1-4 V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses. V2-3 He told Moses to speak to the *Israeli
וְ הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַ כֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת ־הָֽ אִשָּׁה֮
DEFILEMENT AND PURGATION Numbers 5:1 THE separation of Israel as a people belonging to Jehovah proceeded on ideas of holiness which excluded from privilege many of the Hebrews themselves. The law did...
3. THE WATER OF JEALOUSY Numbers 5:11. The long and remarkable statute regarding the water of jealousy seems to have been interposed to prevent, by means of an ordeal, that cruel practice of perempto...
This section is devoted to arrangements emphasizing the necessity for the purity of the camp on the eve of the coming of the people into the land. All that were unclean were put outside the camp This...
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a (k) curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh...
These verses contain a very circumstantial account, of the law of jealousy. The process of trial is very solemn and awful; and the event, suited to the nature of the dispensation, under which the chur...
It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
Let us pursue the study of the book. Chapter 5 presents three things, in connection with the purity of the camp, looked at as the dwelling-place of God, and in connection with our pilgrim passage thro...
THEN THE PRIEST SHALL CHARGE THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING,.... An oath which has a curse annexed to it, if taken falsely, which was to be pronounced upon the woman if guilty: AND THE PRIEST SHAL...
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to r...
1 The vncleane are remoued out of the campe. 5 Restitution is to be made in trespasses. 11 The triall of Iealousie. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Commaund the children of Israel, that...
then the priest, continuing his adjuration, SHALL CHARGE THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING, AND THE PRIEST SHALL SAY UNTO THE WOMAN, THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE AND AN OATH AMONG THY PEOPLE, WHEN THE L...
THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY...
DEFILEMENT CALLING FOR ISOLATION (vs.1-4) The principle of 1 Corinthians 5:6, "a little leaven leavens the whole lump" was just as true in the Old Testament as in the new. However, the defilement ofN...
ROT: _ Heb._ fall...
11-31 This 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...
AN OATH, i.e. a form of cursing or imprecatory oaths, that when they would curse a person, they may wish that they may be as cursed and miserable as thou wast upon this occasion. See the phrase ISAIAH...
''And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: both male an...
Numbers 5:21 priest H3548 put H7650 (H8689) woman H802 oath H7621 curse H423 he H3548 say H559 ...
THE PRIEST CHARGES THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING (NUMBERS 5:21). Numbers 5:21 ‘Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, “Ya...
CONTENTS: Defilement of the camp. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: The purity of the church must be as carefully guarded as the order of it and it is for the edification of it that those who are...
Numbers 5:2. _Defiled by the dead._ They were unclean seven days. The whole of Shem's race in India, keep this custom to the present day. Numbers 5:6. _Any sin that men commit;_ through ignorance, or...
_If any man’s wife go aside._ THE TRIAL OF THE SUSPECTED WIFE I. Confidence in conjugal relations is of great importance. “Suspicion,” says Bp. Babington, “is the cut-throat and poison of all love a...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 5:1__ The concept of uncleanness is important in the Bible, and it is not what most people assume the term means (for a discussion of the term, see Introduction to Leviticus; s...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 5:11 The ritual described here is designed to distinguish between actual adultery (vv. Numbers 5:12) and unwarranted suspicion (v....
THE EXCLUSION OF THE UNCLEAN (_Numbers 5:1_) “Now that the nation was regularly organised, the sacred tribe dedicated, and the sanctuary with the tokens of God’s more immediate Presence provided with...
EXPOSITION THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY (Numbers 5:11-4). NUMBERS 5:12 IF ANY MAN'S WIFE … COMMIT A TRESPASS AGAINST HIM. The adultery of the wife is here regarded only from a social point of vie
Now in chapter five they are told to cleanse the camp by putting out every leper and those that have any kind of an issue from their body, who is and those that have been defied, defiled by touching a...
1 Samuel 14:24; 2 Chronicles 21:15; Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 29:22;...
An oath — That is, a form of cursing, that when they would curse a person, they may wish that they may be as miserable as thou wast. Thy thigh — A modest expression, used both in scripture, as Genesis...
Doesn’t the Bible condone a superstition here? PROBLEM: Paul condemns “old wives’ fables” (1 Timothy 4:7). But, Moses here commands the practice of a superstition that has no basis in science. The acc...