Numbers 5:16

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

Ver. 16. Set her before the Lord.] Whose the judgment was; that, if guilty, she might be scared from submitting herself to this trial; since God knows all our thefts.

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¹⁶ And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 5:16