Numbers 5:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
American King James Version (AKJV)
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
American Standard Version (ASV)
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him
Webster's Revision
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife shall go astray, and commit a trespass against him,
World English Bible
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
English Revised Version (ERV)
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
Definitions for Numbers 5:12
Wesley's Numbers 5:12 Bible Commentary
5:12 If a man's wife - This law was given partly to deter wives from adulterous practices, and partly to secure wives against the rage of their hard - hearted husbands, who otherwise might upon mere suspicions destroy them, or at least put them away. There was not like fear of inconveniences to the husband from the jealousy, of the wife, who had not that authority and power, and opportunity for the putting away or killing the husband, as the husband had over the wife. Go aside - From the way of religion and justice, and that either in truth, or in her husband's opinion.
