Numbers 5:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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: ”

Numbers 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Numbers 5:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the priest shall take (h) 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: (h) Which also is called the...
Numbers 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

holy . separated: taken from the laver. See note on Exodus 3:5 . tabernacle. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
Numbers 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: Holy water - Water out of the lav...
Numbers 5:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the priest, shall bring her near, and set her, &c.— Read, shall bring it near, and set it, &c. see Numbers 5:18 . The holy water, in the next verse, means the water from the laver,...
Numbers 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: The priest shall take holy...
Numbers 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These verses contain a very circumstantial account, of the law of jealousy. The process of trial is very solemn and awful; and the event, suited to the nature of the dispensation, under which the chu...
Numbers 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the priest shall take holy water ,.... Out of the laver, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra: in an earthen vessel ; which held half a log, and that was but a q...
Numbers 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 17. Holy water, ] i.e.,...
Numbers 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Bitter Water of Jealousy. B. C. 1490. 11 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,...
Numbers 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Holy water; either water out of the holy laver, Exodus 30:18 , or rather the water of purification appointed for such kind of uses, Numbers 19:9 . This was used, that if she were guilty, she...
Numbers 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Woman Is To Be Brought Near Before Yahweh and the Priest Then Makes the Water of Testing ( Numbers 5:16-17 ) Numbers 5:16 ‘And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh.'...
Numbers 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 5:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Numbers 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY ( Numbers 5:11-4 ). Numbers 5:12 If any man's wife … commit a trespass against him. The adultery of the wife is here regarded only from a social...
Numbers 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Trial of Jealousy
Numbers 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 30:18 ; Jeremiah 17:13 ; Job 2:12 ; John 8:6 ; John 8:8 ; Lamentations 3:29 ; Numbers 19:2-9
Numbers 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Holy water — Water of purification appointed for such uses. This was used, that if she were guilty, she might be afraid to add profaneness to her other crime. An earthen vessel — Because, after thi...

Numbers 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 5:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes