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Selected Verse: Numbers 5:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 5:17 |
Strong Concordance |
And the priest [03548] shall take [03947] holy [06918] water [04325] in an earthen [02789] vessel [03627]; and of the dust [06083] that is in the floor [07172] of the tabernacle [04908] the priest [03548] shall take [03947], and put [05414] it into the water [04325]: |
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King James |
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: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the priest shall take holy water--Water from the laver, which was to be mixed with dust--an emblem of vileness and misery (Gen 3:14; Psa 22:15).
in an earthen vessel--This fragile ware was chosen because, after being used, it was broken in pieces (Lev 6:28; Lev 11:33). All the circumstances of this awful ceremony--her being placed with her face toward the ark--her uncovered head, a sign of her being deprived of the protection of her husband (Co1 11:7) --the bitter potion being put into her hands preparatory to an appeal to God--the solemn adjuration of the priest (Num 5:19-22), all were calculated in no common degree to excite and appall the imagination of a person conscious of guilt. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Holy water - Water of purification appointed for such uses. This was used, that if she were guilty, she might be afraid to add profaneness to her other crime. An earthen vessel - Because, after this use, it was to be broken in pieces, that the remembrance of it might be blotted out as far as was possible. Dust - An emblem of vileness and misery. From the floor of the tabernacle - Which made it holy dust, and struck the greater terror into the woman, if she were guilty. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Holy water - Water out of the laver, called holy because consecrated to sacred uses. This is the most ancient case of the trial by ordeal. See at Num 5:31 (note).
In an earthen vessel - Supposed by the Jews to be such as had never been previously used.
Dust that is in the floor - Probably intended to point out the baseness of the crime of which she was accused. |
19 And the priest [03548] shall charge her by an oath [07650], and say [0559] unto the woman [0802], If no man [0376] have lain [07901] with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside [07847] to uncleanness [02932] with another instead of thy husband [0376], be thou free [05352] from this bitter [04751] water [04325] that causeth the curse [0779]:
20 But if thou hast gone aside [07847] to another instead of thy husband [0376], and if thou be defiled [02930], and some man [0376] have [05414] lain [07903] with thee beside [01107] thine husband [0376]:
21 Then the priest [03548] shall charge [07650] the woman [0802] with an oath [07621] of cursing [0423], and the priest [03548] shall say [0559] unto the woman [0802], The LORD [03068] make [05414] thee a curse [0423] and an oath [07621] among [08432] thy people [05971], when the LORD [03068] doth make [05414] thy thigh [03409] to rot [05307], and thy belly [0990] to swell [06639];
22 And this water [04325] that causeth the curse [0779] shall go [0935] into thy bowels [04578], to make thy belly [0990] to swell [06638], and thy thigh [03409] to rot [05307]: And the woman [0802] shall say [0559], Amen [0543], amen [0543].
7 For [1063] a man [435] indeed [3303] ought [3784] not [3756] to cover [2619] his head [2776], forasmuch as he is [5225] the image [1504] and [2532] glory [1391] of God [2316]: but [1161] the woman [1135] is [2076] the glory [1391] of the man [435].
33 And every earthen [02789] vessel [03627], whereinto any of them falleth [05307] [08432], whatsoever is in it shall be unclean [02930]; and ye shall break [07665] it.
28 But the earthen [02789] vessel [03627] wherein it is sodden [01310] shall be broken [07665]: and if it be sodden [01310] in a brasen [05178] pot [03627], it shall be both scoured [04838], and rinsed [07857] in water [04325].
15 My strength [03581] is dried up [03001] like a potsherd [02789]; and my tongue [03956] cleaveth [01692] to my jaws [04455]; and thou hast brought [08239] me into the dust [06083] of death [04194].
14 And the LORD [03068] God [0430] said [0559] unto the serpent [05175], Because thou [0859] hast done [06213] this, thou art cursed [0779] above all cattle [0929], and above every beast [02416] of the field [07704]; upon thy belly [01512] shalt thou go [03212], and dust [06083] shalt thou eat [0398] all the days [03117] of thy life [02416]:
31 Then shall the man [0376] be guiltless [05352] from iniquity [05771], and this [01931] woman [0802] shall bear [05375] her iniquity [05771].