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Verse Numbers 5:31. _THIS WOMAN SHALL BEAR HER INIQUITY_] That is,
her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot; Numbers 5:22. But if
not guilty after such a trial, she had great honour, and, accor...
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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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INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44.
BEAR HER INIQUITY. bear the punishment of it. Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6. Compare Leviticus 20:17; Leviticus
20:19; Leviticus 20:20;...
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The husband shall be held innocent in any case, and the woman shall,
if guilty, suffer the consequences of guilt....
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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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THEN SHALL THE MAN BE GUILTLESS FROM INIQUITY— i.e. The man, by
taking this method to find out the truth, shall clear himself from the
guilt of harbouring unwarrantable jealousy: nor shall he be deeme...
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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 נִקָּ֥ה הָ אִ֖ישׁ מֵ עָוֹ֑ן וְ
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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 shall the man be (o) guiltless from iniquity, and this woman
shall bear her iniquity.
(o) The man might accuse his wife on suspicion and not be reproved....
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Blameless. To act in conformity with God's injunctions could not be
reprehensible. But it would have been certainly criminal to tempt God
in this manner, in order to discover a secret offence, if he h...
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REFLECTIONS
BLESSED GOD! here let me learn the sanctity, which ought to be
preserved in those that approach thy church, and the place where thine
honour dwelleth. LORD! do thou enable me to keep my fo...
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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 SHALL THE MAN BE GUILTLESS FROM INIQUITY,.... Which otherwise he
would not, by conniving at her loose way of living, and not reproving
her for it, and bringing her either to repentance or punishm...
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_Then shall the man be guiltless_ Which he should not have been if he
had either indulged her in so great a wickedness, and not endeavoured
to bring her to repentance or punishment, or cherished suspi...
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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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Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, if his suspicions or
his accusation is well founded, AND THIS WOMAN SHALL BEAR HER
INIQUITY. In the New Testament ordeals of this nature are unknown, but...
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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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GUILTLESS FROM INIQUITY; which he should not have been, if he had
either dissembled or indulged her in so great a wickedness, and not
endeavoured to bring her either to repentance or punishment; see
M...
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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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THIS IS THE LAW OF JEALOUSY FOR WHEN A WOMAN GOES ASIDE AND COMMITS
ADULTERY, OR IS SUSPECTED OF IT, FREEING HER HUSBAND FROM ANY GUILT IN
REGARD TO IT (NUMBERS 5:29)
Numbers 5:29
‘This is the law o...
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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 5:11 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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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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Ezekiel 18:4; Leviticus 20:10; Leviticus 20:17; Numbers 9:13; Ps
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Guiltless — Which he should not have been, if he had either indulged
her in so great a wickedness, and not endeavoured to bring her to
repentance or punishment, or cherished suspicions in his breast,...