Numbers 5:27 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 5:27

25 ^aThen the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, shall ^bwave the offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar;

26 and the priest shall take a handful of the offering, ^aas its memorial portion, burn it on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water.

27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a ^acurse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman ^bwill become a curse among her people.

28 But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she shall be free and may conceive children.

29 ‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, ^agoes astray and defiles herself,

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Definitions of words in Numbers 5:27:

Become {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Belly {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Belly {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Curse {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Curse {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Drink {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Drink {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Husband {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Husband {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Swell {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Thigh {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Water {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Bitter {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Numbers 5:27:

Water of jealousy {Easton's}
Bitter; Bitterness {I.S.B.E.}
Rot; Rottenness {I.S.B.E.}
Thigh {I.S.B.E.}

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