29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray(A) and makes herself impure while married to her husband,

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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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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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The vineyard(A) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(B) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(C) but heard cries of distress.(D)

Woes and Judgments

Woe(E) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(F)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

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15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[a](A) of barley flour(B) on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy,(C) a reminder-offering(D) to draw attention to wrongdoing.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:15 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms

32 These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen,(A) 33 for a woman in her monthly period, for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.(B)

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54 These are the regulations for any defiling skin disease,(A) for a sore, 55 for defiling molds(B) in fabric or in a house, 56 and for a swelling, a rash or a shiny spot,(C) 57 to determine when something is clean or unclean.

These are the regulations for defiling skin diseases and defiling molds.(D)

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59 These are the regulations concerning defiling molds in woolen or linen clothing, woven or knitted material, or any leather article, for pronouncing them clean or unclean.

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46 “‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground.

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The Fellowship Offering

11 “‘These are the regulations for the fellowship offering anyone may present to the Lord:

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