Numbers 5 · Verse 25

Numbers 5:25

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:
Numbers 5:25, King James Version

Numbers 5:25 in other translations

BSBThe priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
WEBThe priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the meal offering before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
ASVAnd the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it unto the altar:
YLT‘And the priest hath taken out of the hand of the woman the present of jealousy, and hath waved the present before Jehovah, and hath brought it near unto the altar;
DARBYAnd the priest shall take out of the woman's hand the oblation of jealousy, and shall wave the oblation before Jehovah, and shall present it at the altar.
BBEAnd the priest will take from her hand the meal offering of doubt, waving it before the Lord, and will take it to the altar;
WebsterThen the priest shall take the jealousy-offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

What does Numbers 5:25 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 5:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלָקַ֤חve.la.Kachand he will takeH3947
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
מִיַּ֣דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
מִנְחַ֣תmin.Chat[the] grain offering ofH4503
הַקְּנָאֹ֑תha.ke.na.'Ot<the> jealousi<es>H7068
וְהֵנִ֤יףve.he.Nifand he will waveH5130
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּנְחָה֙ha.min.Chahthe grain offeringH4503
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהִקְרִ֥יבve.hik.Rivand he will bring nearH7126
אֹתָ֖הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ\׃ha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196

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Cross references for Numbers 5:25

  • Leviticus 8:27

    And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.

  • 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 5:18

    And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

  • Exodus 29:24

    And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

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Context

  • Numbers 5:24

    And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

  • Numbers 5:25

    Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:

  • Numbers 5:26

    And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

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Numbers 5:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Después tomará el sacerdote de la mano de la mujer el presente de los celos, y mecerálo delante de Jehová, y lo ofrecerá delante del altar:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le sacrificateur prendra, de la main de la femme, le gâteau de jalousie, et tournoiera le gâteau devant l’ Éternel, et le présentera à l’autel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Priester nehme aus der Hand des Weibes das Speisopfer der Eifersucht und webe das Speisopfer vor Jehova und bringe es zum Altar;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		tollet sacerdos de manu ejus sacrificium zelotypiæ, et elevabit illud coram Domino, imponetque illud super altare, ita dumtaxat ut prius: