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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Speak to the Israelites and say to them: &#8216If a man&#8217s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “Suppose a man’s wife goes astray, and she is unfaithful to her husband<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the people of Israel, If any man’s wife goes astray and breaks faith with him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, &#8216If any man&#8217s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray (deviates) and is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man’s wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If any man&#8217s wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: A man's wife may have been unfaithful to him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Instruct the Israelis what to do if a man's wife turns astray so that she unfaithfully acts against him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man?s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'If any man's wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife shall go astray, and commit a trespass against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: When any man’s wife turns aside, and has committed a trespass against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, A man, a man when his wife shall turn aside, and she covered a transgression against him,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: The man whose wife will have gone astray, and, disdaining her husband,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the Israelites and tell them: If a man’s wife goes astray and becomes unfaithful to him<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man's wife does wrong, and commits a trespass against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Speak with the children of Israel and say to them: ‘When a man’s wife will go wrong and she will do evil to him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: If any man's wife go aside, and act unfaithfully against him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosesoever wife shall transgress against him, and slight and despise him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/5-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=1536" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm">The Adultery Test</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11</span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dab·bêr (V-Piel-Imp-ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">“Speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and tell them that</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">any man’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/7847.htm" title="7847: ṯiś·ṭeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To turn aside. A primitive root; to deviate from duty.">goes astray</a> <a href="/hebrew/4603.htm" title="4603: ū·mā·‘ă·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to cover up; used only figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Treacherously.">and is unfaithful</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">to him</a> <a href="/hebrew/4604.htm" title="4604: mā·‘al (N-ms) -- An unfaithful or treacherous act. From ma'al; treachery, i.e. Sin."></a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a></span><br />If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-22.htm">Deuteronomy 22:22</a></span><br />If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-3.htm">John 8:3-5</a></span><br />The scribes and Pharisees, however, brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before them / and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. / In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a></span><br />You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ / But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm">Proverbs 6:32-35</a></span><br />He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. / Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. / For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8-9</a></span><br />She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. / Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-38.htm">Ezekiel 16:38</a></span><br />And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a></span><br />Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-4.htm">Hebrews 13:4</a></span><br />Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-4.htm">James 4:4</a></span><br />You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-20.htm">Revelation 2:20-22</a></span><br />But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols. / Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling. / Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Malachi 2:14-16</a></span><br />Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. / Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. / “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2-5</a></span><br />One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. / So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” / Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-9.htm">Matthew 19:9</a></span><br />Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-19.htm">Numbers 5:19,20</a></b></br> 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 <i>with another</i> instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/2-16.htm">Proverbs 2:16,17</a></b></br> To deliver thee from the strange woman, <i>even</i> from the stranger <i>which</i> flattereth with her words; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Act</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/numbers/5-7.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/numbers/1-51.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-3.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Unfaithfully</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/5-13.htm">Act</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-24.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/numbers/5-19.htm">Astray</a> <a href="/numbers/5-28.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/numbers/5-29.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/numbers/6-2.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/6-2.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/numbers/15-28.htm">Sinning</a> <a href="/numbers/6-2.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Trespass</a> <a href="/numbers/12-10.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-20.htm">Unfaithful</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Unfaithfully</a> <a href="/numbers/5-14.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/numbers/5-31.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-1.htm">The unclean are removed out of camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-5.htm">Restitution is to be made in trespass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-11.htm">The trial of jealously</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Speak to the Israelites</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct command from God to Moses, emphasizing the importance of the message. The Israelites, as God's chosen people, were to adhere to specific laws and regulations that set them apart from other nations. This command underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience to God's laws was paramount.<p><b>and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray</b><br>The concept of a wife going astray refers to marital unfaithfulness, which was a serious offense in ancient Israelite society. Marriage was considered a sacred covenant, reflecting the relationship between God and His people. The use of "goes astray" suggests a deviation from the path of righteousness and fidelity, which was expected in a covenant relationship.<p><b>and is unfaithful to him</b><br>Unfaithfulness in marriage was not only a personal betrayal but also a violation of God's law. In the cultural and historical context of ancient Israel, adultery was seen as a grave sin with severe consequences. This phrase highlights the moral and spiritual implications of infidelity, which disrupted the social and religious fabric of the community. The law provided a means to address such issues, ensuring justice and maintaining the sanctity of marriage. Connections can be drawn to the New Testament, where Jesus speaks about the sanctity of marriage and the seriousness of adultery (<a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, to whom the laws and commandments were given through Moses. They are the primary audience of this instruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader and prophet who received the law from God and communicated it to the Israelites. He is the one instructed to speak to the people in this passage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_unfaithful_wife.htm">The Unfaithful Wife</a></b><br>The subject of the law in this passage, representing a situation of marital unfaithfulness that needed to be addressed within the community.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_husband.htm">The Husband</a></b><br>The man whose wife has gone astray, representing the aggrieved party in the situation of infidelity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, it is the central place of worship and where the subsequent ritual of the "jealousy offering" would take place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_marriage.htm">The Sanctity of Marriage</a></b><br>Marriage is a covenant relationship that reflects God's faithfulness to His people. This passage underscores the importance of fidelity within marriage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The law given to the Israelites highlights the community's role in maintaining moral standards and addressing sin within its midst.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While the law addresses sin, it also provides a means for resolution and restoration, reflecting God's justice and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_of_the_matter.htm">The Heart of the Matter</a></b><br>Jesus' teaching in the New Testament reminds us that faithfulness is not just about actions but also about the intentions and desires of the heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_forgiveness.htm">Restoration and Forgiveness</a></b><br>In cases of unfaithfulness, the goal should be restoration and forgiveness, mirroring God's desire for reconciliation with His people.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_a_double_standard_in_numbers_5.htm">Does Numbers 5 imply a double standard for men and women regarding marital faithfulness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_assume_guilt_in_numbers_5_ritual.htm">Why does this ritual seem to assume the woman is guilty until proven innocent (Numbers 5)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_numbers_5_trial_by_ordeal.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that this trial by ordeal was actually used (Numbers 5)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_numbers_5_about_an_abortion_ritual.htm">Does Numbers 5 describe a ritual related to abortion?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If any man's wife... commit a trespass against him.</span> The adultery of the wife is here regarded only from a social point of view; the injury to the husband, the destruction of his peace of mind, even by the bare suspicion, and the consequent troubling of Israel, is the thing dwelt upon. The punishment of adultery as a sin had been already prescribed (<a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/5-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Speak</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּבֵּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(dab·bêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and tell them that</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָמַרְתָּ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any man’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֥ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wife</span><br /><span class="heb">אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’iš·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">goes astray</span><br /><span class="heb">תִשְׂטֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiś·ṭeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7847.htm">Strong's 7847: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deviate from duty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and is unfaithful</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמָעֲלָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mā·‘ă·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4603.htm">Strong's 4603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cover up, to act covertly, treacherously</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to him</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽעַל׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4604.htm">Strong's 4604: </a> </span><span class="str2">An unfaithful or treacherous act</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/5-12.htm">Numbers 5:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/5-12.htm">OT Law: Numbers 5:12 Speak to the children of Israel (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/5-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 5:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 5:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/5-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 5:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 5:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>