Numbers 5 · Verse 16

Numbers 5:16

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:
Numbers 5:16, King James Version

Numbers 5:16 in other translations

BSBThe priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.
WEBThe priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.
ASVAnd the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:
YLT‘And the priest hath brought her near, and hath caused her to stand before Jehovah,
DARBYAnd the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah.
BBEAnd the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;
WebsterAnd the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

What does Numbers 5:16 mean?

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…

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Numbers 5:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְהִקְרִ֥יבve.hik.Rivand he will bring nearH7126
אֹתָ֖הּ'o.Tah<obj.> herH853
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְהֶֽעֱמִדָ֖הּve.he.'e.mi.Dahand he will make stand herH5975
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 5:16

  • Revelation 2:22-23

    Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  • Hebrews 13:4

    Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  • Leviticus 1:3

    If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 17:10

    I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bring her near. or, rather, "bring it near;" i.e., heroffering. set her. Rather, "set it," i.e., the offering; for the woman is afterwards ordered to be set before the Lord. (ver. 18.)
Le 1:3; Jer 17:10; Heb 13:4; Re 2:22,23

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Context

  • Numbers 5:15

    Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

  • Numbers 5:16

    And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:

  • Numbers 5:17

    And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

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Numbers 5:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el sacerdote la hará acercar, y la hará poner delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le sacrificateur la fera approcher, et la fera se tenir devant l’ Éternel;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Priester soll sie herzunahen lassen und sie vor Jehova stellen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Offeret igitur eam sacerdos, et statuet coram Domino,