Numbers 5:29
What does Numbers 5:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 5:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
KJV
King James Version · 1611This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`This <FI>is<Fi> the law of jealousies, when a wife turneth aside under her husband, and hath been defiled,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752This is the law of jealousy. If a woman hath gone aside from her husband, and be defiled,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth astray to another instead of her husband and is defiled,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 14:54
This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall,
- 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.
- Numbers 5:15
then 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.
- Leviticus 11:46
This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth;
- Numbers 5:12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
- Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
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