Numbers 5:28

What does Numbers 5:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 5:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown <FI>with<Fi> seed.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But if she be not defiled, she shall not be hurt, and shall bear children.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

But if the woman have not been defiled, and be clean, then she shall be clear, and shall conceive seed.

Context

v.27And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

v.28This passage

v.29This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Micah 7:7

    But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17

    For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

  • 1 Peter 1:7

    that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

  • Numbers 5:19

    And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

  • Psalms 113:9

    He maketh the barren woman to keep house, And to bea joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.

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