Numbers 5:13

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;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
lie	וְשָׁכַ֨ב ve.sha.Khav	H7901	to lie down (for rest · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
carnally	שִׁכְבַת shikh.vat-	H7902	a lying down (of dew · noun, common feminine singular construct
hid	וְנֶעְלַם֙ ve.ne'.Lam	H5956	to veil from sight · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eyes	מֵעֵינֵ֣י me.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
husband	אִישָׁ֔הּ 'i.Shah	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
close	וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה ve.nis.te.Rah	H5641	to hide (by covering) · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
defiled	נִטְמָ֑אָה nit.Ma.'ah	H2930	to be foul · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
witness	וְעֵד֙ ve.'Ed	H5707	concretely · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
taken	נִתְפָּֽשָׂה nit.Pa.sah	H8610	to manipulate · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Leviticus 18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and…
Proverbs 7:18-19 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
Proverbs 30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:11–end

We have here the law concerning the solemn trial of a wife whose husband was jealous of her. Observe, I. What was the case supposed: That a man had some reason to suspect his wife to have committed adultery, Num 5:12-14. Here, 1. The sin of adultery is justly represented as an exceedingly sinful sin; it is going aside from God and virtue, and the good way, Pro 2:17. It is committing a trespass against the husband, robbing him of his honour, alienating his right, introducing a spurious breed into his family to share with his children in his estate, and violating her covenant with him. It is being defiled; for nothing pollutes the mind and conscience more than this sin does. 2. It is supposed…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 5:12

THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY. (Num. 5:11-31) if any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him--This law was given both as a strong discouragement to conjugal infidelity on the part of a wife, and a sufficient protection of her from the consequences of a hasty and groundless suspicion on the part of the husband. His suspicions, however, were sufficient in the absence of witnesses (Lev 20:10) to warrant the trial described; and the course of proceeding to be followed was for the jealous husband to bring his wife unto the priest with an offering of barley meal, because none were allowed to approach the sanctuary empty handed (Exo 23:15). On other occasions, there were mingled with the of…

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John Gill on Numbers 5:13

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 is not known by her husband, nor by any other; "she hath hid herself", so Ainsworth, being in a private place with another man, though warned to the contrary by her husband: and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her; of her being defiled, though there may be of her being in private with such a man: neither she be taken with the manner; or in the act of uncleanness.

Dictionary and topics

Adultery — Conjugal infidelity. An adulterer was a man who had illicit intercourse with a married or a betrothed woman, and such a woman was an adulteress. Intercourse between a married man and an unmarried…
Jealousy offering — The name of the offering the husband was to bring when he charged his wife with adultery (Num. 5:11-15).
Jealousy, Waters of — Water which the suspected wife was required to drink, so that the result might prove her guilt or innocence (Num. 5:12-17, 27). We have no record of this form of trial having been actually resorted…
Water of jealousy — A phrase employed (not, however, in Scripture) to denote the water used in the solemn ordeal prescribed by the law of Moses (Num. 5:11-31) in cases of “jealousy.”
Witness — More than one witness was required in criminal cases (Deut. 17:6; 19:15). They were the first to execute the sentence on the condemned (Deut. 13:9; 17:7; 1 Kings 21:13; Matt. 27:1; Acts 7:57, 58).…
Adultery · 19:20-22;20:10-12;21:9; — 19:20-22;20:10-12;21:9;
Husband · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Jealousy · Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife — Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife
Self-Incrimination · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Women · was to be — was to be

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 5:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 5:12

John Gill on Numbers 5:13

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 5:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 5:12

John Gill on Numbers 5:13

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 5:11–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 5:11–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 5:11-31

Rashi on Numbers 5:13