Numbers 5:11

A Test for Adultery

11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Numbers 5:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:11

And the Lord spake unto Moses
At the same time, and delivered to him a new law:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 5:11 In-Context

9 And every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.

10 Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his."

11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

12 "Speak to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and breaks faith with him,

13 if a man lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, since she was not taken in the act,