Numbers 5:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. ”

Numbers 5:31 - 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 5:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then shall the man be (o) guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. (o) The man might accuse his wife on suspicion and not be reproved.
Numbers 5:31 - 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 5:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44. bear her iniquity . bear the punishment of it. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6. Compare Leviticus 20:17 ; Leviticus 20:19 ; Leviticus 20:20 ;...
Numbers 5:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. This woman shall bear her iniquity - That is, her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot; see Numbers 5:22...
Numbers 5:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity— i.e. The man, by taking this method to find out the truth, shall clear himself from the guilt of harbouring unwarrantable jealousy: nor shall he be de...
Numbers 5:31 - 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 5:31 - 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 5:31 - 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 5:31 - 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 5:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity ,.... Which otherwise he would not, by conniving at her loose way of living, and not reproving her for it, and bringing her either to repentance or puni...
Numbers 5:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then shall the man be guiltless Which he should not have been if he had either indulged her in so great a wickedness, and not endeavoured to bring her to repentance or punishment, or cherished susp...
Numbers 5:31 - 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 5:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Bitter Water of Jealousy. B. C. 1490. 11 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying,...
Numbers 5:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Guiltless from iniquity; which he should not have been, if he had either dissembled or indulged her in so great a wickedness, and not endeavoured to bring her either to repentance or punishment; se...
Numbers 5:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

This Is the Law of Jealousy For When a Woman Goes Aside and Commits Adultery, or Is Suspected of It, Freeing Her Husband From Any Guilt in Regard to It ( Numbers 5:29-31 ) Numbers 5:29-30 ‘Thi...
Numbers 5:31 - 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 5:31 - 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 5:31 - 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 5:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Trial of Jealousy
Numbers 5:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 18:4 ; Leviticus 20:10 ; Leviticus 20:17-20 ; Numbers 9:13 ; Psalms 37:6 ; Romans 2:8 ; Romans 2:9
Numbers 5:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Guiltless — Which he should not have been, if he had either indulged her in so great a wickedness, and not endeavoured to bring her to repentance or punishment, or cherished suspicions in his breas...

Numbers 5:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 5:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 5:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 5:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 5:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 5:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 5:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 5:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 5:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 5:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 5:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 5:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes