Numbers 5:27
The Scripture
(27) And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Numbers 5 commands that lepers, those with bodily discharges, and those defiled by the dead be sent outside the camp so that God's dwelling among them is not defiled. It then gives the law of restitution, requiring anyone who wrongs a neighbor to confess, repay the full amount, and add a fifth. The chapter closes with the law of jealousy, in which a suspected adulteress is brought before the Lord and given bitter water that brings a curse if she is guilty but declares her clean if she is innocent.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Numbers 5:20Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 5:6Proverbs 5:7Proverbs 5:8Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 5:11Ecclesiastes 7:26Romans 6:21II Corinthians 2:16
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