Numbers 5:12 ““Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes ast…”

Numbers 5:12

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, 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,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, If any mans wife turne to euill, and commit a trespasse against him,

Darby Translation

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go astray, and commit unfaithfulness against him,

Young's Literal Translation

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,

Bible in Basic English

Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

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Cross references

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

Numbers 5:19 Numbers 5:20 Proverbs 2:16 Proverbs 2:17

Numbers 5:19 · BSB

And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that…

Numbers 5:20 · BSB

But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

Proverbs 2:16 · BSB

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 2:17 · BSB

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Then the LORD said to Moses,

13by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),

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