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28 But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects[a] and will be able to bear children.

29 “‘This is the law for cases of jealousy,[b] when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself, 30 or when jealous feelings come over a man and he becomes suspicious of his wife; then he must have the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest will carry out all this law upon her.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:28 tn Heb “will be free”; the words “of ill effects” have been supplied as a clarification.
  2. Numbers 5:29 tn Heb “law of jealousies.”