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,
Numbers 5:12 in other translations
| BSB | “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him |
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| WEB | “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, |
| ASV | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, |
| YLT | ‘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, |
| DARBY | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go astray, and commit unfaithfulness against him, |
| BBE | Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him |
| Webster | Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife shall go astray, and commit a trespass against him, |
What does Numbers 5:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 5:12-15
Nu 5:11-31. The Trial of Jealousy.
12-15. if any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him--This law was given both as a strong discouragement to conjugal infidelity on the part of a wife, and a sufficient protection of her from the consequences of a hasty and groundless suspicion on the part of the husband. His suspicions, however, were sufficient in the absence of witnesses (Le 20:10) to warrant the trial described; and the course of proceeding to be followed was for the jealous husband to bring his wife unto the priest with an offering of barley meal, because none were allowed to approach the sanctuary empty handed (Ex 23:15). On other occasions, there were mingled with the offering, oil which signified joy, and frankincense which denoted acceptance (Psa 141:2). But on the occasion referred to, both these ingredients were to be excluded, partly because it was a solemn appeal to God in distressing circumstances, and partly because it was a sin offering on the part of the wife, who came before God in the character of a real or suspected offender.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 5:11-31
This law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions might occasion. It would also hinder the guilty from escaping, and the innocent from coming under just suspicion. When no proof could be brought, the wife was called on to make this solemn appeal to a heart-searching God. No woman, if she were guilty, could say…
Numbers 5:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 5:12
- Numbers 5:19-20
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: 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 2:16-17
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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Context
- Numbers 5:11
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- 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,
- Numbers 5:13
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
Numbers 5:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Habla á los hijos de Israel, y diles: Cuando la mujer de alguno se desmandare, é hiciere traición contra él, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Parle aux fils d’Israël, et dis-leur: Si la femme de quelqu’un se détourne et lui devient infidèle, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn irgend eines Mannes Weib ausschweift und Untreue gegen ihn begeht, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Loquere ad filios Israël, et dices ad eos: Vir cujus uxor erraverit, maritumque contemnens |