Numbers 5:2

CHILDREN. sons. See note on Numbers 1:2. THE DEAD. the soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ See App-13. Compare Ch. Numbers 6:6; Leviticus 21:1.Leviticus 19:11. See note on Leviticus 19:28. Touching. dead man, rendered the one who touched unclean seven days (Numbers 19:11); touching other dead creatures, render... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:6

MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ See App-14. SIN. Hebrew. _chat'a._ App-44. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam._ See App-14. TRESPASS. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. PERSON. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:9

OFFERING. heave offering. Hebrew. _terumah._ See App-43, and note on Exodus 29:27. HOLY. separated. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:10

HALLOWED. separated. See note on "holy", Exodus 3:5. WHATSOEVER. Some codices, with one printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and whatsoever". HIS: i.e. the priest's.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:14

THE SPIRIT OF JEALOUSY. a jealous motion or affection of the mind. Here, Hebrew. _ruach_ (App-9) is put for the feelings, &c., as in Isaiah 11:2.Ephesians 1:17; Hosea 4:12.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:15

OFFERING. Hebrew. _korban,_ approach-offering. See App-43. EPHAH. See App-51. BARLEY. No other grain, and no other measure. Compare Leviticus 2:1. OFFERING: i.e. of jealousy. Hebrew. _minchah_ (App-43.), meal offering. OFFERING: i.e. of memorial, i.e. causing iniquity to be remembered. INIQUITY... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:18

BITTER WATER. Hebrew water of bitters, Genitive of cause: i.e., causing bitterness of spirit. Compare Psalms 109:18; Proverbs 5:4. Bitter _= ham'arim._ CURSE. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6). Hebrew. _ham'arim._... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:22

AMEN.. Hebrew word, transferred to the Greek. verily, truly so. If one adjured another and he replied "Amen", it was thereby considered as confirmed by an oath. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:20.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:25

OFFERING. Hebrew. _minchah,_ gift or meal offering. See App-43. WAVE. See note on Exodus 29:27. OFFER IT. bring it. Hebrew. _karab._ App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 5:31

INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. BEAR HER INIQUITY. bear the punishment of it. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6. Compare Leviticus 20:17; Leviticus 20:19; Leviticus 20:20; Ezekiel 4:4; Ezekiel 4:5. See App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]

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