Numbers 5:12

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Speak {H1696} unto the children {H1121} of Israel {H3478}, and say {H559} unto them, If any {H376} man's {H376} wife {H802} go aside {H7847}, and commit {H4603} a trespass {H4604} against him,

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'If a man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him;

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 5:19 (3 votes)

    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 5:20 (3 votes)

    But if thou hast gone aside [to another] instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

  • Proverbs 2:16 (2 votes)

    To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

  • Proverbs 2:17 (2 votes)

    Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.