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Numbers 5:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife and she is defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife and she isn’t defiled; "
Numbers 5:14
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12 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,
13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and this is kept concealed, and she is defiled, there is no witness against her, and she isn’t taken in the act;
14 and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife and she is defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife and she isn’t defiled;
15 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her offering for her: one tenth of an ephah of barley meal. He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to memory.
16 The priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.
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Numbers 5:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 5:2
"“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse."
Numbers 5:3
"You shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don’t defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”"
Numbers 5:4
"The children of Israel did so, and put them outside of the camp; as the LORD spoke to Moses, so the children of Israel did."
Numbers 5:5
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 5:6
"“Speak to the children of Israel: ‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against the LORD, and that soul is guilty,"
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