Numbers 5:16
What does Numbers 5:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 5:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And the priest hath brought her near, and hath caused her to stand before Jehovah,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The priest therefore shall offer it, and set it before the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah.
Context
v.15then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
v.16This passage
v.17and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hebrews 13:4
Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
- Jeremiah 17:10
I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
- Leviticus 1:3
If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah.
- Revelation 2:22
Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.
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