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Numbers 5:12

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

KJV

Loquere ad filios Israël, et dices ad eos : Vir cujus uxor erraverit, maritumque contemnens

Vulgate

Λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς Ἀνδρὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐὰν παραβῇ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ παρίδῃ αὐτὸν ὑπεριδοῦσα,

LXX

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

ASV

דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵ/הֶ֑ם אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ כִּֽי תִשְׂטֶ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹ וּ/מָעֲלָ֥ה ב֖/וֹ מָֽעַל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
noun · 27×
מָֽעֲלוּ
m'lv
verb · 35×
שָׂטִ֛ית
shtyt
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Num 5:19 — And 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
  • Num 5:29 — This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;