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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...
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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...
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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...
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_and be kept close_&c. _and_ SHE BE UNDETECTED, THOUGH SHE HAS DEFILED
HERSELF.
since she was not _taken in the act_ On the evidence of two witnesses
at least (Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15) th...
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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...
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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...
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_AND A MAN LIE WITH HER CARNALLY, AND IT BE HID FROM THE EYES OF HER
HUSBAND, AND BE KEPT CLOSE, AND SHE BE DEFILED, AND THERE BE NO
WITNESS AGAINST HER, NEITHER SHE BE TAKEN WITH THE MANNER;_
No JFB...
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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...
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NO WITNESS] The ordeal is prescribed for cases of doubt. To other
cases the law of Leviticus 20:10 applies....
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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
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וְ שָׁכַ֨ב אִ֣ישׁ אֹתָהּ֮ שִׁכְבַת
־זֶרַע֒ וְ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND A MAN LIE WITH HER CARNALLY,.... That is, is suspected that he has
so done, not that it is a clear case, for it follows;
AND IT BE HID FROM THE EYES OF HER HUSBAND, AND BE KEPT CLOSE; so that
it...
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And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and [there be] no
witness against her, neither she be taken [with the manner];
Ver....
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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...
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THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY...
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and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her
husband and be kept close, the sinful happening or relation be covered
over by the guilty woman, AND SHE BE DEFILED, AND THERE BE NO...
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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...
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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...
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She utterly denying it, PROVERBS 30:20, and none being able and
willing to discover it; for if it was witnessed, she was to die for
it, LEVITICUS 20:10 DEUTERONOMY 22:22....
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''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...
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Numbers 5:13 man H376 lies H7901 (H8804) carnally H7902 H2233 hidden
H5956 (H8738) eyes H5869 husband...
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THE ADULTERY IS HIDDEN FROM HER HUSBAND AND THERE IS NO WITNESS
(NUMBERS 5:13).
Numbers 5:13
“ And it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and
she be defiled, and there be no wit...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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Leviticus 18:20; Leviticus 20:10; Proverbs 30:20; Proverbs 7:18;...
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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...