“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
The trial of jealousy. Since the crime of adultery is especially defiling and destructive of the very foundations of social order, the whole subject is dealt with at a length proportionate to its i...
An Ordeal in Cases of Jealousy. A married woman suspected of unfaithfulness is, in the absence of evidence, to be subjected to an ordeal by being made to drink holy water with which dust from the f...
11. And the Lord spoke unto Moses. Although this ceremony appears to be part of the legal services, still I have thought fit to postpone it to this place, because it relates to the observance...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
Various Ceremonial Laws 1-4. On the seclusion of lepers and unclean persons, see Leviticus 13-15. 5-10. On the law of restitution, see Leviticus 5:14 to Leviticus 6:7 , to which the present...
DEFILEMENT AND PURGATION Numbers 5:1-31 THE separation of Israel as a people belonging to Jehovah proceeded on ideas of holiness which excluded from privilege many of the Hebrews themselves. Th...
This section is devoted to arrangements emphasizing the necessity for the purity of the camp on the eve of the coming of the people into the land. All that were unclean were put outside the camp This...
Is there not somewhat of a spiritual adultery intended also to be conveyed here? As JESUS was the husband of his people: and as He had said, thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... At the same time, and delivered to him a new law: saying ; as follows.
DEFILEMENT CALLING FOR ISOLATION (vs.1-4) The principle of 1 Corinthians 5:6 , "a little leaven leavens the whole lump" was just as true in the Old Testament as in the new. However, the defileme...
The Bitter Water of Jealousy. B. C. 1490. 11 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,...
No text from Poole on this verse.
Maintaining Harmony In The Camp: The Law of Jealousy ( Numbers 5:11-31 ). Primary with regard to trespasses against a neighbour was to trespass against his wife. This was an especially heinous tr...
THE EXCLUSION OF THE UNCLEAN ( Numbers 5:1-4 ) “Now that the nation was regularly organised, the sacred tribe dedicated, and the sanctuary with the tokens of God’s more immediate Presence provide...
Numbers 5:2 . Defiled by the dead. They were unclean seven days. The whole of Shem's race in India, keep this custom to the present day. Numbers 5:6 . Any sin that men commit; through ignoranc...
If any man’s wife go aside. The trial of the suspected wife I. Confidence in conjugal relations is of great importance. “Suspicion,” says Bp. Babington, “is the cut-throat and poison of all lov...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 5:11