THEOSISNumbers 5:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his wife, who either is defiled, or is charged with false suspicion,
וְעָבַ֨ר עָלָ֧יו רֽוּחַ־קִנְאָ֛ה וְקִנֵּ֥א אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ וְהִ֣וא נִטְמָ֑אָה אוֹ־עָבַ֨ר עָלָ֤יו רֽוּחַ־קִנְאָה֙ וְקִנֵּ֣א אֶת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וְהִ֖יא לֹ֥א נִטְמָֽאָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Song 8:6Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.
- Prov 6:34Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,
- 1 Cor 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.
- Zeph 3:8Wherefore expect me, saith the Lord, in the day of my resurrection that is to come, for my judgment is to assemble the Gentiles, and to gather the kingdoms: and to pour upon them my indignation, all my fierce anger: for with the fire of my jealousy shall all the earth be devoured.
- Num 5:30And the husband stirred up by the spirit of jealousy bring her before the Lord, and the priest do to her according to all things that are here written: