The Jews say that the priest was first to endeavour to persuade her to confess the truth, saying to this purport, Dear daughter, perhaps thou wast overtaken by drinking wine, or wast carried away by the heat of youth or the examples of bad neighbours; come, confess the truth, for the sake of his great name which is described in the most sacred ceremony, and do not let it be blotted out with the bitter water. If she confessed, saying, I am defiled, she was not put to death, but was divorced and lost her dowry; if she said, I am pure, then they proceeded. It does not at all follow that the service which makes the greatest show or noise among men has the most honourable character in the eyes of God. There were two trumpets of silver, and they were to be blown by the priests, as we are told here. God told Moses, If any mans wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him, and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herselfor if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herselfthen the man is to bring his wife to the priest. The husband is also to bring a grain offering along with his wife. Before she drank the water, the jealousy-offering was waved and offered upon the altar (v.25,v.26); a handful of it was burnt for a memorial, and the remainder of it eaten by the priest, unless the husband was a priest, and then it was scattered among the ashes. After all, this must be a secret between Him and ourselves, however we may be helped perhaps by the wisdom of others to find it out; for there are many ways in which we arrive at the conviction of the work God has given us to do. . What was the course prescribed in this case, that, if the suspected wife was innocent, she might not continue under the reproach and uneasiness of her husband's jealousy, and, if guilty, her sin might find her out, and others might hear, and fear, and take warning. So, that's the law of jealousies and when the spirit of jealousy comes on a husband and all. If we are His people, let us not forget that the people of Israel signified their acquiescence and joy; took their part in it too by thus identifying themselves with the Levites that were then set apart for Jehovah. No woman, if she were guilty, could say "Amen" to the adjuration, and drink the water after it, unless she disbelieved the truth of God, or defied his justice. Having already however explained, in speaking of Exodus, what I believe to be the true bearing of the sanctuary vessels, there is no need of repeating it here. Yet, in recent times, pro-abortion advocates have tried to find support for their position in Scripture. Numbers 5. She would have the manifestation of God's blessing on her. [1.] The priest was to write this curse in a scrip or scroll o parchment, verbatim--word for word, as he had expressed it, and then to wipe or scrape out what he had written into the water (Luke 5:23; Luke 5:23), to signify that it was that curse which impregnated the water, and gave it its strength to effect what was intended. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 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 this bitter water that causeth the curse: 20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; 22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. Jesus became a curse among (the) people in our place (Num. We must remember that the name "Leviticus" is not given by divine inspiration: it is merely a name taken from the Greek version; in short it is a human name. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: Thus, we see, Jehovah maintained His own place and appointment and sovereign disposal of the Levites. 2. ." Whatever produces such an effect is the deepest wrong to Him, and the greatest loss to us. Be assured also that it is of no small importance never to interfere with another's service. The atheist/pro-abortion advocate will cite Numbers 5 in the NIV which incorrectly translates the Hebrew. Numbers has much in common with Deuteronomy because of its many laws and regulations. At the same time the exclusion from this census in the case of Levi was just as important as His interest in reckoning Israel up one by one in the midst of trials. He knew better than any the state into which it had fallen, but He did not forget whose wisdom and goodness made it all. This seems to be the very thing illustrated at Pentecost Those who received the word took the place of repentance. 23 "'the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water. God insists always on His own order. . A method that is not only approved by God, it was invented by him. In the Scripture every time we see it we see a negative of multiple wives. He must bring a coarse offering of barley-meal, without oil or frankincense, agreeably to the present afflicted state of his family; for a great affliction it was either to have cause to be jealous or to be jealous without cause. "This legislation forbids human punishment of a woman on the basis of suspicion alone, and, in fact, protects her from what could be a death sentence at the hands of the community." Thank you, Wendy, for this. This is important. 5:11. While this odd procedure can easily become the focus of the passage, drawing our attention to other trials by ordeal throughout history, it is the mediation of the priest that is a better focus, pointing to the long story of Scripture ultimately fulfilled by Christ. Let all wives be admonished not to give any the least occasion for the suspicion of their chastity; it is not enough that they abstain from the evil of uncleanness, but they must abstain from all appearance of it, from every thing that looks like it, or leads to it, or may give the least umbrage to jealousy; forhow great a mattermay alittle fire kindle! Although the Levites were separate to the priesthood, and were particularly excepted from the numbering of the people as belonging to the services of the sanctuary, none the less were they connected in the most interesting way with every Israelite. See also the same authors more popularly written article, "The Trial Before God of an Accused Adultress," Bible Review 2:3 (Fall 1986):46-49, which, by the way, provides supporting evidence for the widespread prohibition of polygamy in the ancient Near East. Today we dont live in a society that has multiple wives. How poor this is, how it leaves out the true antitypical place into which the believer is now brought through the rent veil to hold communion with Him in the holiest (Hebrews 10:1-39), does not call for more words. There is nothing practically more important than that each servant of God should know the work He has given him to do; and that when known he should stick to it. They were redeemed by blood, and counted emphatically to belong to Jehovah. Since an adulterous womans womb is viewed as tainted by the genetic material of a man who is not her husband, the husbands line is in danger; the paternity of future children is now suspect. 2. It is committing a trespass against the husband, robbing him of his honour, alienating his right, introducing a spurious breed into his family to share with his children in his estate, and violating her covenant with him. If it stopped but for a little while, so did they; if it abode longer, so they rested; but they were ever to be at Jehovah's commandment. One to forgive and allow restitution. But a few words more as to the Nazarite may be acceptable here. The great business is, that we should find what it is, and that we should cherish unqualified confidence in God in carrying it out as now redeemed to Him. Israel had to understand that occupation of the land could be achieved only through much travail, for Canaan, like creation itself, was under alien dominion and it had to be wrested away by force, by the strong arm of Yahweh, who would fight on behalf of His people." In Numbers 4:1-49 we come to another important point the carrying of the vessels of the sanctuary through the wilderness; for now what the Kohathites had to do is taken up particularly. Much appreciated and brings a smile to my face to be able to be encouraged by you in rural America, here on a tiny Scottish Island! 24 he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse . 4. (Note that the Hebrew text, unlike the NIV translation, is not clear about whether the woman being tested . This offering in the midst of the transaction signified that the whole was an appeal to God, as a God that knows all things, and from whom no secret is hid. [2.] It is harmful to the sanctity of the community at large, and destructive of one of the bases of community life." The man that Moses referred to in Numbers 5:31 is the man who accused his wife of unfaithfulness. Did she not have the same recourse as the husband? Religious leaders believed the miraculous intervention of the gods would keep a person safe in a situation meant to harm them. (78) Toutefois il semble bien que Dieu ait poisee le cas, quune femme fust chargee de presomption vehemente; still it fully appears that God has supposed the case, that the woman should be charged upon strong presumption. . The truth is, when we think of a Christian, we have to remember the words of the Spirit of God in the New Testament: "All things are yours." 66.]. Such a mistake has been greedily re-echoed by rationalists abroad and at home, especially by Bishop Colenso in Pt. No woman, if she were guilty, could sayAmento this adjuration, and drink the water upon it, unless she disbelieved the truth of God or defied his justice, and had come to such a pitch of impudence and hard-heartedness in sin as to challenge God Almighty to do his worst, and choose rather to venture upon his curse than to give him glory by making confession; thus has whoredomtaken away the heart. He must bring a coarse offering of barley-meal, without oil or frankincense, agreeably to the present afflicted state of his family; for a great affliction it was either to have cause to be jealous or to be jealous without cause. God told Moses, If any mans wife goes astray, is unfaithful to him, and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herselfor if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herselfthen the man is to bring his wife to the priest. The husband is also to bring a grain offering along with his wife. The Westminster Confession of Faith, The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself. Luke 24 gives us helpful commentary on Numbers 5. That secret sins are known to God, and sometimes are strangely brought to light in this life; however, there is a day coming when God will, by Jesus Christ, as here by the priest, judge thesecrets of men according to the gospel,Rom. Announcing Advancement in Electronics & Communication Engineering 2022 (AECE-2022) eJournal 28 Oct 2022 Announcing New LSN . Let all husbands be admonished not to entertain any causeless or unjust suspicions of their wives. Even such a trial as this outlined in Numbers appears cruel to modern students, but as Ward suggested, "We should remember that other civilizations of that day considered it a proper way of determining guilt or innocence. It would take a miracle to prove her guilt, not to prove her innocence. This was, of all the vessels of the sanctuary, the fullest and the highest representation of God Himself, as displayed in Christ. Her husband must bring her to the priest, with the witnesses that could prove the ground of his suspicion, and desire that she might be put upon her trial. I found it helpful, as you contrasted the typical cultural practices of surrounding communities to how God commanded the Hebrews to act toward wives suspected of adultery. God took this well known custom, purified it from the idolatry and injustice that usually characterized it, and used it to impress upon his people the purity and faithfulness he required in the marriage bond. 10 Sacred things belong to their owners, but what they give to the priest will belong to the priest.'. Usually it just try to hide old mistakes. The Septuagint translate it by , as Aquila by , and understood a peculiar colour to be meant. Neither would one deny refreshment to souls. The sons of Merari and the sons of Gershon are presented with oxen and chariots; the Kohathites receive none. Let all that meddle with forbidden pleasures know that they will be bitterness in the latter end. I need not say there is no ministry possessed of a higher character than this: what indeed has one so high? 31:11.II. The law of jealousy 5:11-31. The chapter closes with fresh calls from Jehovah to Moses: first, to number the firstborn males of Israel from a month old and upward, and to take the Levites for them; secondly, as the number of the firstborn exceeded that of the Levites by two hundred and seventy-three, to take redemption-money for this residue (five shekels apiece) to be given to Aaron and to his sons.*. This does not mean that marital infidelity was a worse sin for a wife than it was for a husband. 5:4. For instance, in the, , an accused wife was expected to jump into the river for her husband if he similarly accused her. Jesuss words in Luke 24:27, tell us clearly that the Law of Moses, such as instructions in Numbers 5, somehow points to Him, somehow gives insight into what He came to do and the necessity of both His death and His resurrection for the sins of mankind. I speak not of it intrinsically, but in the eyes of man. The process prescribed has lately been strikingly illustrated from an Egyptian "romance," which refers to the time of . Her husband mustbring her to the priest,with the witnesses that could prove the ground of his suspicion, and desire that she might be put upon her trial. Surely now is the appointed time, the time of labour and of service, while you are passing through the world. Elsewhere in Scripture, we see the seriousness of the sin against the wife in such a case. If she had been guilty (and otherwise it did not cause the curse), she was made to know that though her stolen waters had been sweet, and herbread eaten in secret pleasant,yet the end wasbitter as wormwood,Prov. Accordingly the very same persons who in one aspect are typified by the numbered tribes of Israel in another are Levites not numbered as yet because they belong to God simply and exclusively. That, in particular, Whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. The form in which the figure expresses this power of moral guard is by a skin capable of warding off what was disagreeable. Numbers 5:11-31 In-Context. 48.]. The effect of this would be that, supposing the woman was innocent, all would go on so much the better in the family. 1:15. 6. The difference may be better understood by this, that in the former it is a question more of the value of Christ, in the latter of His ways; in the one more what He is and does for God than what He appears before the eyes of man below, the means of a meeting between God and man, and consequently of a gracious supply for man's necessities. There is no equivalent test for a woman who suspects her husband of committing adultery. The priest was to prepare the water of jealousy, the holy water out of the laver at which the priests were to wash when they ministered; this must be brought in anearthen vessel,containing (they say) about a pint; and it must be anearthenvessel, because the coarser and plainer every thing was the more agreeable it was to the occasion. Here, 1. But if we look closer, you will find special ways in which their service is brought before us. God arranged it all, taking it completely out of man's hands: He chose suited men Himself. And every man hallowed thing shall be his: whatsoever man hath given the priest, it shall be his ( Numbers 5:5-10 ). The drink might taste gritty, but it would not be poisonous. So His statutes are then worth engaging when we are unsure, because we trust His character. Besides, it does not seem consistent to admit, as these same typologists do, that the tabernacle as a whole sets forth the manifestation of God in Him, and then to allot it in this strange way, giving the innermost shrine no doubt to the blessed Lord, then the middle or holy place to His people, and lastly the outer court to the place of meeting or fellowship for the Lord and them. It is separation not only from what was defiling, but from what was the best in nature. 8:1; Mark 12:26; John 7:19). Why have Satans accusations of us before God the Judge been hurled down? 1. On the other hand, surely it is wise and well to avail ourselves of what spiritual help we can procure, of available testimony where the case admits of it; above all, of God's own word to deal with ourselves as well as our difficulties. If charity in general, much more conjugal affection, teaches to think no evil,1 Corinthians 13:5. In that day Nazariteship shall be no more; even he drinks wine then. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. Criminal Enterprise Investigations. The process of the trial must be thus:-- (1.) In short, at the consecration of the Levites, the Israelites laid their hands on the heads of the Levites. As it is said here, "When either a man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto Jehovah: he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. If you subscribe by email, you will receive no more than two posts a week from this blog. This is guarded against here. Numbers 5 is addressing a particular situation in which adultery is suspected but there is no external proof. Science has established that certain emotions and nervous disturbances change the chemical composition of our body secretions. This water was most likely from the same source used for ritual cleansing throughout the book of Leviticus. To this she must say, Amen, as Israel must do to the curses pronounced on mount Ebal, Deuteronomy 27:15-26. Barry, John D., Douglas Mangum, Derek R. Brown, Michael S. Heiser, Miles Custis, Elliot Ritzema, Matthew M. Whitehead, Michael R. Grigoni, and David Bomar. The trial of jealousy. He presented it to bring his wifes crime to the Lords remembrance that He might judge it. (4.) Why did God assure Satan of his coming destruction by Jesus in Genesis 3:15 and then wait thousands of years before calling Abraham with the next step in the plan of salvation? And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle (the outward frame) and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. And if her stomach would swell and all then she was considered guilty and was put out, but if there was no ill effect then she was considered to be innocent, and her husband's jealousy was unfounded.Imagine if you had an extremely jealous husband and every week you're drinking this bitter water. With this, it appears to me, the scarlet or crimson covering is connected. The Pulpit Commentary. This law was a tutor, pointing to Jesus, yet still unable to make men fully righteous. Numbers 5:21, 22, 27, 28 (NIV) 21 here the priest is to put And the same feeling which maintains it as a matter of faithfulness to God will also respect it in others. Yes, there were ordeals by water. Your email address will not be published. Then come the Merarites, under whose guardianship were to be the boards of the tabernacle (ver. It would take a miracle to prove her guilt, not to prove her innocence. Thus a wife was responsible to her husband in a sense in which the husband was not responsible to his wife. The same word is to some a savour of life unto life, to others a savour of death unto death, like those waters of jealousy, according as they receive it; the same providence is for good to some and for hurt to others, Jeremiah 24:5; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 24:9. Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. This I do not doubt to be a type, whether of Israel or of Christendom; but for moral profit individually it is all-important. Either way there isnt enough evidence to know one way or the other. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions might occasion. The physical symptoms of Gods judgment on the woman if she was guilty (Numbers 5:23; Numbers 5:27) point to a special affliction rather than one of the natural diseases that overtook the Israelites. Let all husbands be admonished not to entertain any causeless or unjust suspicions of their wives. (1) In some of those ordeals, the person being tried was bound and weighted with heavy weights and thrown into a river; if he failed to come up he was declared to be innocent (though dead! And it will answer the purposes which God intends. Nothing else but blue appears. I don't know how I missed this before, but I did. It simply explains how God wanted the Israelites to handle infidelity in the case of a wife. There is neither scarlet nor purple; nor was there, you will observe, the covering veil. Hence therefore the evidence is plain, and God showed all along, that there never would be the limitation of His glory in connection with the twelve tribes of Israel represented by these twelve loaves, as the Son; He comes of man in all the fulness of power and glory. So, in summary, Numbers 5:11-31 affirms the truth of Numbers 32:23, "Be sure your sin will find you out." Some propose that Numbers 5:11-31 refers to God causing an abortion. It is for His honour, and for the accomplishment of what is connected with Him. (9.) Heathen trials by ordeal were mostly cruel and certain to bring a verdict of guilt unless the most unlikely happened. While this odd procedure can easily become the focus of the passage, drawing our attention to other trials by ordeal throughout history, it is, Now have come the salvation and the power. .," p. . This is what is found here. UofL launches center focused on Industry 4. 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And 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 . The reader will find the minute proof of this drawn out in "The Exodus of Israel," chap. And the adulteress takes her opportunity whenthe good man is not at home,Prov. "Jehovah spake with Moses, saying, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him." We call this type of ritual a TRIAL BY ORDEAL. He would suffer shame by her innocence since this was a public ceremony. Marriage is about a commitment to God. The point of this section is the importance of maintaining purity in the marriage relationship to preserve Gods blessing on Israel. 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; God said to Moses, Say this to the Israelites, When a man or woman commits a sin and trespasses against me, and that person is guilty, 7 Then they . This procedure protected the wife of an extremely jealous husband who might continually accuse her. Numbers 5 - Separating from Sin A. The husband experiences a feeling of jealousy which in verse 14 may or may not be because his wife actually defiled their marriage. III. Who admired as He every blade of grass that came from His Father's hand? . (1-2) The command to separate the ceremonially unclean. What is its place in the long story of Scripture fulfilled by Jesus in the gospels? 2 In particular, Whoremongers and adulterers God will surely judge. Not that nature is condemned; which is never right in a Christian. We see gendered oppression play out regularly in the pages of the Bible, accusation by a jealous husband against a wife as well. I conceive therefore that this is probably corroborated by the fact of its connection with the table of showbread. Noordtzij, A. Bible Students Commentary: Numbers, Zondervan, 1983Martin Noth, Numbers: A Commentary, Old Testament Library (London: SCM Press, 1968) . ", "We believe that, if we knew the identity of the bitter herb which Moses used, the same test would work today." Hence we see the all-importance of the truth as here typified: "And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. The Kohathites, whatever others might receive, carry the vessels entrusted to them upon their own shoulders. Yet that same blessed Saviour in gracious separateness foregoes all enjoyment of what was found here below severing Himself in special vindication of God from it all. The violation of conjugal faith and chastity is highly provoking to the God of heaven, and sooner or later it will be reckoned for. We know how both ought to characterize the Christian. Blessed dependence! And the Lord spake unto Moses,. At the same time, and delivered to him a new law: 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And 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; 14 And 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: 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. The Israelites were to observe Gods revealed line of authority consistently. 7 "The person must confess the sin committed and restore in full the amount owed, with one-fifth added. (Joshua 5:1-15) Everywhere the death of Christ is essential as for God's glory, so for man's blessing. He does what is good. We find ourselves not impoverished because it is the Lord's, but so much the richer, because His things are ours. And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. Fact that the gospels of Christian people seem to take numbers 5 11-31 explained sanctities lightly themselves. No more numbers 5 11-31 explained even he drinks wine then a mirror for man to in. 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