Add parallel Print Page Options

28 But if the woman isn’t defiled, then she is to be freed and will be able to bear children.[a] 29 This is the law in cases of jealousy when a woman defiles herself while under her husband’s authority: 30 When a man becomes under the control of an attitude[b] of jealousy regarding his wife, he is to present her to the Lord, and the priest is to apply this entire statute to her.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:28 Lit. and sow seed
  2. Numbers 5:30 Lit. spirit

28 If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.

29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray(A) and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30 or when feelings of jealousy(B) come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her.

Read full chapter