Numbers 5:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. ”

Numbers 5:22 - 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 5:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, (l) Amen, amen. (l) That is, may it be as you wished, a...
Numbers 5:22 - 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 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amen. . Hebrew word, transferred to the Greek. verily, truly so. If one adjured another and he replied "Amen", it was thereby considered as confirmed by an oath. Compare 2 Corinthians 1:20 .
Numbers 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. Thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot - W...
Numbers 5:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.— If the woman, after this adjuration, persisted in pleading not guilty, she was to pronounce amen, or so be it, doubled, to express her hearty consent that...
Numbers 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. Amen, amen. The Israelites were accustom...
Numbers 5:22 - 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 5:22 - 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 5:22 - 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 5:22 - 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 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And this water that causeth the curse ,.... Upon the drinking of which the curse follows, if guilty: shall go into thy bowels ; and there operate and produce the above effects, which are repeated...
Numbers 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. Ver. 22. Amen, amen. ] Twice; to show the...
Numbers 5:22 - 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 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Bitter Water of Jealousy. B. C. 1490. 11 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,...
Numbers 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. So let it be if I be guilty. The word is doubled by her as an evidence of her innocency, and ardent desire that God would deal with her according to her desert.
Numbers 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Priest Charges the Woman with An Oath of Cursing ( Numbers 5:21-22 ). Numbers 5:21-22 ‘Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to...
Numbers 5:22 - 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 5:22 - 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 5:22 - 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 5:22 - 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 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Trial of Jealousy
Numbers 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ; Ezekiel 3:3 ; Job 31:21 ; Job 31:22 ; Job 31:39 ; Job 31:40 ; John 3:11 ; John 3:3 ; John 5:24 ; John 5:25 ; John 6:53 ; Numbers 5:27 ; Proverbs 1:31 ; Psalms 109...
Numbers 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amen, amen — That is, so let it be if I be guilty. The word is doubled by her as an evidence of her innocency, and ardent desire that God would deal with her according to her desert.

Numbers 5:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 5:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 5:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 5:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 5:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 5:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 5:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 5:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 5:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 5:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 5:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 5:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 5:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes