Numbers 5:29
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 5:29 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 5:29 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 5:29 — KJV
“This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;”
— Numbers 5:29 (KJV)
Numbers 5:29 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 5:29
“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:”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:29: aside, another, instead
“And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. one: or, every one another: or, every one lewdly: or, by lewdness”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:29: law, wife, another
“And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: with another...: or, being in the power of thy husband: Heb. under thy husband”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:29: aside, another, instead
“And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Seth: Heb. Sheth: that is Appointed, or, Put”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:29: wife, another, instead
“This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;”
Shares key themes with Numbers 5:29: law, goeth, defiled
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