Numbers 5:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 5:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 5:20 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 5:20 — KJV
“But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:”
— Numbers 5:20 (KJV)
Numbers 5:20 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 5:20
“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 5:20: aside, another, instead
“And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:20: hast, husband, thine
“Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. by: Heb. by the hand of from...: Heb. from mouth to mouth”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:20: hast, another, thine
“Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. Rahab: or, Egypt thy...: Heb. the arm of thy strength”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:20: hast, lain, thine
“For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. perverted...: or, caused thee to turn away”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:20: hast, beside, thine
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