Numbers 5:12-14

King James Version

¹²Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

¹³And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;

¹⁴And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

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Numbers 5:12-14

New International Version

¹²“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray^(A) and is unfaithful to him ¹³so that another man has sexual relations with her,^(B) and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act), ¹⁴and if feelings of jealousy^(C) come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure—or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure—

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Numbers 5:12-14

English Standard Version

¹²“Speak to the people of Israel, If any man's wife goes astray and breaks faith with him, ¹³if a man ^(A)lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, ^(B)since she was not taken in the act, ¹⁴and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself,

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