Positive Commandment #136 of 613
Fulfill the laws of the woman suspected of adultery
Numbers 5:30 · Marriage and Family
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)
- Category
- Marriage and Family
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 5
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Naso
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #365
- Mishneh Torah
- WomenWoman Suspected of Adultery
Related Commandments in “Marriage and Family”
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#123: Do not have sexual relations with women not married by means of a marriage agreement and sanctification
Deuteronomy 23:18
#124: Do not withhold food, clothing, and sexual relations from your wife
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#125: Have children with one's wife
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#126: Issue a divorce by means of a "get" document
Deuteronomy 24:1
#127: A man must not remarry his ex-wife after she has married someone else
Deuteronomy 24:4
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