Numbers 5 · Verse 28

Numbers 5:28

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
Numbers 5:28, King James Version

Numbers 5:28 in other translations

BSBBut if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
WEBIf the woman isn’t defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive offspring.
ASVAnd if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
YLT‘And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown with seed.
DARBYBut if the woman have not been defiled, and be clean, then she shall be clear, and shall conceive seed.
BBEBut if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.
WebsterAnd if the woman is not defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

What does Numbers 5:28 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 5:28 in the original Hebrew

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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and ifH518
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
נִטְמְאָה֙nit.me.'Ahshe has made herself uncleanH2930
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
וּטְהֹרָ֖הu.te.ho.Rahand [is] pureH2889
הִ֑ואhi'sheH1931
וְנִקְּתָ֖הve.ni.ke.Tahand she will be freeH5352
וְנִזְרְעָ֥הve.niz.re.'Ahand she will be impregnatedH2232
זָֽרַע\׃Za.ra'seedH2233

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Cross references for Numbers 5:28

  • 1 Peter 1:7

    That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17

    For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

  • Numbers 5:19

    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:

  • Psalms 113:9

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Micah 7:7-10

    Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And if.
19; Mic 7:7-10; 2Co 4:17; 1Pe 1:7
and shall.
Ps 113:9

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Context

  • Numbers 5:27

    And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

  • Numbers 5:28

    And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

  • Numbers 5:29

    This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

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Numbers 5:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas si la mujer no fuere inmunda, sino que estuviere limpia, ella será libre, y será fecunda.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si la femme ne s’est pas rendue impure, mais qu’elle soit pure, alors elle sera quitte, et elle aura des enfants.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn aber das Weib sich nicht verunreinigt hat und rein ist, so wird sie unversehrt bleiben und Samen empfangen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quod si polluta non fuerit, erit innoxia, et faciet liberos.