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Numbers 5:1 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.
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Numbers 5:2 open_in_new
children. sons. See note on Numbers 1:2.
the dead. the soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13. Compare Ch. Numbers 6:6; Leviticus 21:1.Leviticus 19:11. See note on Leviticus 19:28. Touching. dead man, rendered the one who touched unclean seven days (Numbers 19:11); touching other dead creatures, rendered unclean only till the evening (Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:39; Leviticus 11:40).
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Numbers 5:3 open_in_new
put out, without the camp. Compare Numbers 12:14; Numbers 12:15.
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Numbers 5:4 open_in_new
as. according as.
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Numbers 5:6 open_in_new
man. Hebrew. 'ish. See App-14.
sin. Hebrew. chat'a. App-44.
men. Hebrew. 'adam. See App-14.
trespass. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44.
person. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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Numbers 5:7 open_in_new
recompense. return back.
trespass. Hebrew. 'asham. App-44.
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Numbers 5:8 open_in_new
kinsman. Hebrew. goel, redeemer. See note on Exodus 6:6.
atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.
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Numbers 5:9 open_in_new
offering. heave offering. Hebrew. terumah. See App-43, and note on Exodus 29:27.
holy. separated. See note on Exodus 3:5.
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Numbers 5:10 open_in_new
hallowed. separated. See note on "holy", Exodus 3:5.
whatsoever. Some codices, with one printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and whatsoever".
his: i.e. the priest's.
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Numbers 5:14 open_in_new
the spirit of jealousy. a jealous motion or affection of the mind. Here, Hebrew. ruach (App-9) is put for the feelings, &c., as in Isaiah 11:2.Ephesians 1:17; Hosea 4:12.
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Numbers 5:15 open_in_new
offering. Hebrew. korban, approach-offering. See App-43.
ephah. See App-51.
barley. No other grain, and no other measure. Compare Leviticus 2:1.
offering: i.e. of jealousy. Hebrew. minchah (App-43.), meal offering.
offering: i.e. of memorial, i.e. causing iniquity to be remembered.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.
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Numbers 5:17 open_in_new
holy. separated: taken from the laver. See note on Exodus 3:5.
tabernacle. Hebrew. mishkan. App-40.
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Numbers 5:18 open_in_new
bitter water. Hebrew water of bitters, Genitive of cause: i.e., causing bitterness of spirit. Compare Psalms 109:18; Proverbs 5:4. Bitter = ham'arim.
curse. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew. ham'arim.
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Numbers 5:21 open_in_new
charge, &c. This ordeal was provided for in the Laws of Khammurabi, 131, 132. See App-15.
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Numbers 5:22 open_in_new
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.
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Numbers 5:24 open_in_new
become bitter. turn to bitterness.
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Numbers 5:25 open_in_new
offering. Hebrew. minchah, gift or meal offering. See App-43.
wave. See note on Exodus 29:27.
offer it. bring it. Hebrew. karab. App-43.
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Numbers 5:26 open_in_new
memorial. The handful (Leviticus 2:2) so-called.
burn. Hebrew. katar. See App-43.
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Numbers 5:28 open_in_new
be. Hebrew she be.
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Numbers 5:31 open_in_new
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; Ezekiel 4:4; Ezekiel 4:5. See App-44.