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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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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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_NUMBERS 5:12_, &C.— This, says Calmet, is one of the most singular
of the laws of Moses; and one which strongly marks out the grossness
and obduracy of the Israelites. A husband, who had just suspici...
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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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_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM, IF ANY MAN'S
WIFE GO ASIDE, AND COMMIT A TRESPASS AGAINST HIM,_
If man's wife go aside. This law was given both as a strong
discouragement to co...
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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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דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל ־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ
אָמַרְתָּ֖...
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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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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's
wife (e) go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
(e) By breaking the band of marriage, and playing the harlot....
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Is there not somewhat of a spiritual adultery intended also to be
conveyed here? As JESUS was the husband of his people: and as He had
said, thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for
a...
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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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SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... It being an
affair which concerned them:
IF ANY MAN'S WIFE GO ASIDE, AND COMMIT A TRESPASS AGAINST HIM; the sin
of adultery, which is a going...
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's
wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
Ver. 12. If any man's wife go aside.] _Ad alterum, vel ad alterius
torum; unde dic...
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_If a man's wife go aside_ From the way of piety and virtue, and that
either in truth or in her husband's opinion. This law was given partly
to deter wives from adulterous practices, and partly to sec...
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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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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's
wife go aside and commit a trespass against him, in transgressing the
Sixth Commandment,...
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THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY...
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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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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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This law was given partly to deter wives from adulterous practices,
and partly to secure wives against the rage of their hard-hearted
husbands, who otherwise might upon mere suspicions destroy them, o...
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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 5:12 Speak H1696 (H8761) children H1121 Israel H3478 say H559
(H8804) any H376 mans H376 wife...
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MAINTAINING HARMONY IN THE CAMP: THE LAW OF JEALOUSY (NUMBERS 5:11).
Primary with regard to trespasses against a neighbour was to trespass
against his wife. This was an especially heinous trespass whi...
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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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If a man's wife — This law was given partly to deter wives from
adulterous practices, and partly to secure wives against the rage of
their hard — hearted husbands, who otherwise might upon mere
suspic...