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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Numbers 5:22

and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen, thus agreeing to the oath and calling down its curse upon her in case she were guilty.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 5:22. THY _BELLY TO SWELL, AND_ THY _THIGH TO ROT_] What is meant by these expressions cannot be easily ascertained. לנפל ירך _lanpel yarech_ signifies literally thy _thigh to fall_. As...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    AMEN.. Hebrew word, transferred to the Greek. verily, truly so. If one adjured another and he replied "Amen", it was thereby considered as confirmed by an oath. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:20....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE WOMAN SHALL SAY, AMEN, AMEN.— If the woman, after this adjuration, persisted in pleading not guilty, she was to pronounce _amen,_ or _so be it,_ doubled, to express her hearty consent that it...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THIS WATER THAT CAUSETH THE CURSE SHALL GO INTO THY BOWELS, TO MAKE THY BELLY TO SWELL, AND THY THIGH TO ROT: AND THE WOMAN SHALL SAY, AMEN, AMEN._ Amen, amen. The Israelites were accustomed, in...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ֠ בָאוּ הַ מַּ֨יִם הַ מְאָרְרִ֤ים הָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, (l) Amen, amen. (l) That is, may it be as you wished, as...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Amen. Our Saviour often uses this form, to confirm what he says, verily, truly. The woman gives her assent to what had been proposed, "so be it." (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THIS WATER THAT CAUSETH THE CURSE,.... Upon the drinking of which the curse follows, if guilty: SHALL GO INTO THY BOWELS; and there operate and produce the above effects, which are repeated again...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. Ver. 22. _Amen, amen._] Twice; to show the f...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. So let it be if I be guilty. The word is doubled by her as an evidence of her innocency, and ardent desire that God would deal with her according to her desert....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    ''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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 5:22 water H4325 curse H779 (H8764) go H935 (H8804) stomach H4578 belly H990 swell H6638 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 27:15; Ezekiel 3:3; Job 31:21; Job 31:22; Job 31:39;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Amen, amen — That is, so let it be if I be guilty. The word is doubled by her as an evidence of her innocency, and ardent desire that God would deal with her according to her desert....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    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...

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