Numbers 5:31 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.”

Numbers 5:31

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This {is} the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside {to another} instead of her husband, and is defiled;

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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Numbers 5:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 5:2

"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:"

Numbers 5:3

"Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell."

Numbers 5:4

"And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel."

Numbers 5:5

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 5:6

"Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;"

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