Números 5:25

25 Después tomará el sacerdote de la mano de la mujer el presente de los celos, y lo mecerá delante del SEÑOR, y lo ofrecerá delante del altar.

Números 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.

Números 5:25 In-Context

23 Y el sacerdote escribirá estas maldiciones en un libro, y las borrará con las aguas amargas;

24 y dará a beber a la mujer las aguas amargas que traen maldición; y las aguas que obran maldición entrarán en ella por amargas.

25 Después tomará el sacerdote de la mano de la mujer el presente de los celos, y lo mecerá delante del SEÑOR, y lo ofrecerá delante del altar.

26 Y tomará el sacerdote un puñado del presente, en memoria de ella, y hará perfume de ello sobre el altar, y después dará a beber las aguas a la mujer.

27 Le dará, pues, a beber las aguas; y será, que si fuere inmunda y hubiere hecho traición contra su marido, las aguas que obran maldición entrarán en ella en amargura, y su vientre se hinchará, y caerá su muslo; y la tal mujer será por maldición en medio de su pueblo.