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28 And if the woman is not defiled, and she is pure, she will go unpunished and be able to conceive children.

29 “‘This is the regulation of jealousy, when a woman has an affair under her husband and she is defiled, 30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he will present the woman before Yahweh,[a]and the priest will do to her all of this law.

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  1. Numbers 5:30 Literally “before the face of”

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.

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