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or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
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A Law for Protection and Justice
Commentators explain this law served a dual purpose. It protected a wife from a husband's unchecked rage based on mere suspicion by requiring a formal, divine process. Simultaneously, it prevented the guilty from escaping judgment for adultery, a sin considered destructive to the foundations of society.
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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
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife (See Gill on Numbers 5:14);…
This law would make the women of Israel vigilant against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would prevent the cruel treatment such s…
