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Num. 5:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This is the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of jealousies
qin'ah (Hebrew #7068)
jealousy or envy
KJV usage: envy(-ied), jealousy, X sake, zeal.
Pronounce: kin-aw'
Origin: from 7065
, when a wife
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
goeth aside
satah (Hebrew #7847)
to deviate from duty
KJV usage: decline, go aside, turn.
Pronounce: saw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
n to another instead of her husband
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, and is defiled
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
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Num. 5:19• 19And 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: (Num. 5:19)
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Isa. 57:8• 8Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. (Isa. 57:8)

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Cross References

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the law.
Lev. 7:11• 11And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord. (Lev. 7:11)
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Lev. 11:46• 46This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: (Lev. 11:46)
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Lev. 13:59• 59This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. (Lev. 13:59)
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Lev. 14:54‑57• 54This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
 55And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
 56And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot:
 57To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. (Lev. 14:54‑57)
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Lev. 15:32‑33• 32This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
 33And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. (Lev. 15:32‑33)
when a wife goeth.
Num. 5:12,15,19• 12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
 15Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
 19And 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: (Num. 5:12,15,19)
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Isa. 5:7‑8• 7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
 8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! (Isa. 5:7‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth astray to another instead of her husband and is defiled,