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Numbers 5:29

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

KJV

Ista est lex zelotypiæ. Si declinaverit mulier a viro suo, et si polluta fuerit,

Vulgate

Οὗτος ὁ νόμος τῆς ζηλοτυπίας, ᾧ ἐὰν παραβῇ ἡ γυνὴ ὕπανδρος οὖσα καὶ μιανθῇ,

LXX

This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled;

ASV

זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַ/קְּנָאֹ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּשְׂטֶ֥ה אִשָּׁ֛ה תַּ֥חַת אִישָׁ֖/הּ וְ/נִטְמָֽאָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
טָמֵ֥א
tm'
verb · 162×
י
y
noun · 43×
י
y
noun · 221×
שָׂטִ֛ית
shtyt
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Lev 14:54 — This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,
  • Num 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,
  • 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