Numbers 5:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 5:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 5:14 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealous..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 5:14 — KJV
“And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:”
— Numbers 5:14 (KJV)
Numbers 5:14 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 5:14
“Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:14: spirit, jealousy, come
“And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:14: spirit, jealousy, jealous
“And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:14: come, wife, defiled
“I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:14: jealousy, come, jealous
“This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:14: jealous, wife, defiled
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