Numeri 5:25

25 Or prenda il sacerdote di man di quella donna l’offerta delle gelosie; e dimenila davanti al Signore; e poi offeriscala sopra l’Altare.

Numeri 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:25

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the
woman's hand
Which she was obliged to hold in her hand while the above rites and ceremonies were performed; which was very heavy, being an omer of barley flour, a measure about three quarts, which was put into an Egyptian basket made of small palm tree twigs: and this was put into her hands to weary her, as before observed, that, having her mind distressed, she might the sooner confess her crime: and shall wave the offering before the Lord:
backwards and forwards, upwards and downwards, as Jarchi; who also observes, that the woman waved with him, for her hand was above the hand of the priest so the tradition is,

``he (her husband) took her offering out of the Egyptian basket, and put it into a ministering vessel, and gave it into her hand, and the priest put his hand under hers, and waved it ^F1:''

and offer it upon the altar:
this was the bringing of it to the southwest corner of the altar, as Jarchi says, before he took a handful out of it, as in other meat offerings.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Misnah, ut supra, (Sotah) c. 3. sect. 1.

Numeri 5:25 In-Context

23 Poi scriva il sacerdote queste maledizioni in un cartello, e le cancelli con quell’acqua amara.

24 E dia a bere alla donna quell’acqua amara, che reca maledizione, sì che quell’acqua che reca maledizione entri in lei, per acqua amara.

25 Or prenda il sacerdote di man di quella donna l’offerta delle gelosie; e dimenila davanti al Signore; e poi offeriscala sopra l’Altare.

26 Prenda eziandio una menata di quell’offerta, per la sua ricordanza, e brucila sopra l’Altare; e poi dia a bere quell’acqua alla donna.

27 E quando egli gliela avrà data a bere, avverrà che, se ella si è contaminata, e ha commesso misfatto contro al suo marito, quando l’acqua che reca maledizione sarà entrata in lei, per acqua amara, il ventre le gonfierà, e la coscia le caderà; e quella donna sarà in esecrazione in mezzo del suo popolo.