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Positive Commandment #136 of 613

Fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery

Commandment #136a positive obligation from Numbers 5:30, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest shall apply all this law to her.

Numbers 5:30

Hebrew

ל אוֹ אִישׁ, אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲבֹר עָלָיו רוּחַ קִנְאָה--וְקִנֵּא אֶת-אִשְׁתּוֹ; וְהֶעֱמִיד אֶת-הָאִשָּׁה, לִפְנֵי יְהוָה, וְעָשָׂה לָהּ הַכֹּהֵן, אֵת כָּל-הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת.

Greek (Septuagint)

30 ἢ ἄνθρωπος, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐπέλθῃ ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα ζηλώσεως καὶ ζηλώσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ στήσει τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἔναντι κυρίου, καὶ ποιήσει αὐτῇ ὁ ἱερεὺς πάντα τὸν νόμον τοῦτον·

Classification

Type
Positive (Thou Shalt)
Book
numbers
Chapter
5

Scholarly References

Parashah
Naso
Sefer HaChinuch
#365
Mishneh Torah
WomenWoman Suspected of Adultery

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