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Verse Numbers 5:21. _THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE AND AN OATH_] Let thy
name and punishment be remembered and mentioned as an example and
terror to all others. Like that mentioned Jeremiah 29:22: "The...
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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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CHARGE, &C. This ordeal was provided for in the Laws of Khammurabi,
131, 132. See App-15....
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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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THE LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE, &C.— i.e. The Lord make thee such an
object of his malediction, and such a dreadful monument of his
vengeance, that men may make thy case a model of imprecation; saying,
If...
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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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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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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 הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַ כֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת ־הָֽ
אִשָּׁה֮
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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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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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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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Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a (k) curse
and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh...
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_Curse. Hebrew, "an object of execration, and an oath," &c., so that
people can wish no greater misfortune to befall any one, than what
thou shalt endure. (Haydock)_...
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These verses contain a very circumstantial account, of the law of
jealousy. The process of trial is very solemn and awful; and the
event, suited to the nature of the dispensation, under which the
chur...
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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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THEN THE PRIEST SHALL CHARGE THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING,.... An
oath which has a curse annexed to it, if taken falsely, which was to
be pronounced upon the woman if guilty:
AND THE PRIEST SHAL...
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Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and
the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an
oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to r...
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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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then the priest, continuing his adjuration, SHALL CHARGE THE WOMAN
WITH AN OATH OF CURSING, AND THE PRIEST SHALL SAY UNTO THE WOMAN, THE
LORD MAKE THEE A CURSE AND AN OATH AMONG THY PEOPLE, WHEN THE L...
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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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ROT:
_ Heb._ fall...
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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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AN OATH, i.e. a form of cursing or imprecatory oaths, that when they
would curse a person, they may wish that they may be as cursed and
miserable as thou wast upon this occasion. See the phrase ISAIAH...
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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 5:21 priest H3548 put H7650 (H8689) woman H802 oath H7621
curse H423 he H3548 say H559 ...
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THE PRIEST CHARGES THE WOMAN WITH AN OATH OF CURSING (NUMBERS 5:21).
Numbers 5:21
‘Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of
cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, “Ya...
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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 5:1__ 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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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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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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1 Samuel 14:24; 2 Chronicles 21:15; Isaiah 65:15; Jeremiah 29:22;...
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An oath — That is, a form of cursing, that when they would curse a
person, they may wish that they may be as miserable as thou wast. Thy
thigh — A modest expression, used both in scripture, as Genesis...
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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...