Numbers 5:16

16 The priest shall bring the woman forward and have her stand in front of the altar.

Numbers 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:16

And the priest shall bring her near
Or "offer it", as the Vulgate Latin version, that is, the offering of jealousy:

and set her before the Lord;
or "it", the offering; for which the Tigurine version is more express,

``let the priest offer that sacrifice, and set that before the Lord,''

for the setting of the woman before the Lord is spoken of in ( Numbers 5:18 ) .

Numbers 5:16 In-Context

15 In either case the man shall take his wife to the priest. He shall also take the required offering of two pounds of barley flour, but he shall not pour any olive oil on it or put any incense on it, because it is an offering from a suspicious husband, made to bring the truth to light.

16 The priest shall bring the woman forward and have her stand in front of the altar.

17 He shall pour some holy water into a clay bowl and take some of the earth that is on the floor of the Tent of the Lord's presence and put it in the water to make it bitter.

18 Then he shall loosen the woman's hair and put the offering of flour in her hands. In his hands the priest shall hold the bowl containing the bitter water that brings a curse.