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Numbers 5:19

King James Version (KJV)

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And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness [with another] instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

Numbers 5:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 5:19

Theological / Devotional

Instead of thy husband. The Hebrew reads, “under thy husband,” meaning “subject to thy husband.” In Eze. 23:5 it is rendered “when she was mine,” literally, “when she was under me,” and Rom. 7:2, where the word translated “woman” is a compound meaning “under one man,” that is, under his direction as the head of the house.

Be thou free. That is, free from the curse involved, if not guilty.

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