19 Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were under your husband's authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse.

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19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray(A) and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse(B) not harm you.

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For (A)a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband

For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.(A)

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12 “Speak to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and breaks faith with him,

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12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray(A) and is unfaithful to him

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63 (A)But Jesus remained silent. (B)And the high priest said to him, (C)“I adjure you by (D)the living God, (E)tell us if you are (F)the Christ, (G)the Son of God.”

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63 But Jesus remained silent.(A)

The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath(B) by the living God:(C) Tell us if you are the Messiah,(D) the Son of God.”(E)

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