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and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she is defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she isn`t taken in the act;
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A Case of Suspicion, Not Proof
Commentators clarify that this law applies specifically to a situation of deep suspicion, not proven fact. The conditions are that the act was hidden, there were no witnesses to the defilement itself, and the woman was not caught in the act. This lack of human evidence is what triggers the need for the divine ordeal.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The trial of jealousy. Since the crime of adultery is especially defiling and destructive of the very foundations of social order, the whole subjec…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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