Verse 3

So{G686} then{G3767} if,{G1437} while{G2198} the husband{G435} liveth,{G2198} she be joined{G1096} to{G435} another{G2087} man,{G435} she shall be called{G5537} an adulteress:{G3428} but{G1161} if{G1437} the husband{G435} die,{G599} she is{G2076} free{G1658} from{G575} the law,{G3551} so that{G3588} she{G846} is{G1511} no{G3361} adulteress,{G3428} though she be joined{G1096} to{G435} another{G2087} man.{G435}

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:32 : 32 but{G1161} I{G302} say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} that{G3754} every{G3739} one{G302} that putteth away{G630} his{G846} wife,{G1135} saving{G3924} for the cause{G3056} of fornication,{G4202} maketh{G4160} her{G846} an adulteress:{G3429} and{G2532} whosoever{G3739} shall{G1437} marry{G1060} her when she is put away{G630} committeth adultery.{G3429}
  • Mark 10:6-9 : 6 But{G1161} from{G575} the beginning{G746} of the creation,{G2937} Male{G730} and{G2532} female{G2338} made{G4160} he{G2316} them.{G846} 7 For{G1752} this{G5127} cause{G1752} shall{G2641} a man{G444} leave{G2641} his{G846} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother,{G3384} and{G2532} shall cleave{G4347} to{G4314} his{G846} wife;{G1135} 8 and{G2532} the two{G1417} shall become{G2071} one{G1519} {G3391} flesh:{G4561} so that{G5620} they are{G2071} no more{G3765} two,{G1417} but{G235} one{G3391} flesh.{G4561} 9 What{G3739} therefore{G3767} God{G2316} hath joined together,{G4801} let{G5563} not{G3361} man{G444} put asunder.{G5563} 10 And{G2532} in{G1722} the house{G3614} the{G846} disciples{G3101} asked{G1905} him{G846} again{G3825} of{G4012} this{G846} matter. 11 And{G2532} he saith{G3004} unto them,{G846} Whosoever{G3739} {G1437} shall put away{G630} his{G846} wife,{G1135} and{G2532} marry{G1060} another,{G243} committeth adultery{G3429} against{G1909} her:{G846} 12 and{G2532} if{G1437} she{G1135} herself shall put away{G630} her{G846} husband,{G435} and{G2532} marry{G1060} another,{G243} she committeth adultery.{G3429}
  • John 8:3-5 : 3 And{G1161} the scribes{G1122} and{G2532} the Pharisees{G5330} bring{G71} a woman{G1135} taken{G2638} in{G1722} adultery;{G3430} and{G2532} having set{G2476} her{G846} in{G1722} the midst,{G3319} 4 they say{G3004} unto him,{G846} Teacher,{G1320} this{G3778} woman{G1135} hath been taken{G2638} in adultery,{G3431} in the very act.{G1888} 5 Now{G1161} in{G1722} the law{G3551} Moses{G3475} commanded{G1781} us{G2254} to{G3588} stone{G3036} such:{G5108} what{G5101} then{G3767} sayest{G3004} thou{G4771} of her?
  • 1 Tim 5:11-14 : 11 But{G1161} younger{G3501} widows{G5503} refuse:{G3868} for{G1063} when{G3752} they have waxed wanton against{G2691} Christ,{G5547} they desire{G2309} to marry;{G1060} 12 having{G2192} condemnation,{G2917} because{G3754} they have rejected{G114} their{G3588} first{G4413} pledge.{G4102} 13 And{G1161} withal{G260} they learn{G3129} also [to be] idle,{G692} going about{G4022} from house to house;{G3614} and{G1161} not{G3756} only{G3440} idle,{G692} but{G235} tattlers{G5397} also{G2532} and{G2532} busybodies,{G4021} speaking{G2980} things which{G3588} they ought{G1163} not.{G3361} 14 I desire{G1014} therefore{G3767} that{G1060} the younger [widows]{G3501} marry,{G1060} bear children,{G5041} rule the household,{G3616} give{G1325} no{G3367} occasion{G874} to the adversary{G480} for reviling:{G3059}
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.{H5003}
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man{H376} that committeth adultery{H5003} with another man's{H376} wife,{H802} even he that committeth adultery{H5003} with his neighbor's{H7453} wife,{H802} the adulterer{H5003} and the adulteress{H5003} shall surely{H4191} be put to death.{H4191}
  • Num 5:13-31 : 13 and a man{H376} lie{H7901} with her carnally,{H7902} and it be hid{H5956} from the eyes{H5869} of her husband,{H376} and be kept close,{H5641} and she be defiled,{H2930} and there be no witness{H5707} against her, and she be not taken{H8610} in the act; 14 and the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} come{H5674} upon him, and he be jealous{H7065} of his wife,{H802} and she be defiled:{H2930} or if the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} come{H5674} upon him, and he be jealous{H7065} of his wife,{H802} and she be not defiled:{H2930} 15 then shall the man{H376} bring{H935} his wife{H802} unto the priest,{H3548} and shall bring{H935} her oblation{H7133} for her, the tenth{H6224} part of an ephah{H374} of barley{H8184} meal;{H7058} he shall pour{H3332} no oil{H8081} upon it, nor put{H5414} frankincense{H3828} thereon; for it is a meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy,{H7068} a meal-offering{H4503} of memorial,{H2146} bringing{H2142} iniquity{H5771} to remembrance.{H2142} 16 And the priest{H3548} shall bring her near,{H7126} and set{H5975} her before{H6440} Jehovah:{H3068} 17 and the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947} holy{H6918} water{H4325} in an earthen{H2789} vessel;{H3627} and of the dust{H6083} that is on the floor{H7172} of the tabernacle{H4908} the priest{H3548} shall take,{H3947} and put{H5414} it into the water.{H4325} 18 And the priest{H3548} shall set{H5975} the woman{H802} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and let the hair of the woman's{H802} head{H7218} go loose,{H6544} and put{H5414} the meal-offering{H4503} of memorial{H2146} in her hands,{H3709} which is the meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy:{H7068} and the priest{H3548} shall have in his hand{H3027} the water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse.{H779} 19 And the priest{H3548} shall cause her to swear,{H7650} and shall say{H559} unto the woman,{H802} If no man{H376} have lain{H7901} with thee, and if thou have not gone aside{H7847} to uncleanness,{H2932} being under thy husband,{H376} be thou free{H5352} from this water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse.{H779} 20 But if thou have gone aside,{H7847} being under thy husband,{H376} and if thou be defiled,{H2930} and some man{H376} have{H5414} lain{H7903} with thee besides{H1107} thy husband:{H376} 21 then the priest{H3548} shall cause{H7650} the woman{H802} to swear with the oath{H7621} of cursing,{H423} and the priest{H3548} shall say{H559} unto the woman,{H802} Jehovah{H3068} make{H5414} thee a curse{H423} and an oath{H7621} among{H8432} thy people,{H5971} when Jehovah{H3068} doth make{H5414} thy thigh{H3409} to fall away,{H5307} and thy body{H990} to swell;{H6639} 22 and this water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall go{H935} into thy bowels,{H4578} and make thy body{H990} to swell,{H6638} and thy thigh{H3409} to fall away.{H5307} And the woman{H802} shall say,{H559} Amen,{H543} Amen.{H543} 23 And the priest{H3548} shall write{H3789} these curses{H423} in a book,{H5612} and he shall blot{H4229} them out into the water{H4325} of bitterness:{H4751} 24 and he shall make the woman{H802} drink{H8248} the water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse;{H779} and the water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall enter{H935} into her [and become] bitter.{H4751} 25 And the priest{H3548} shall take{H3947} the meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy{H7068} out of the woman's{H802} hand,{H3027} and shall wave{H5130} the meal-offering{H4503} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and bring{H7126} it unto the altar:{H4196} 26 and the priest{H3548} shall take a handful{H7061} of the meal-offering,{H4503} as the memorial{H234} thereof, and burn{H6999} it upon the altar,{H4196} and afterward{H310} shall make the woman{H802} drink{H8248} the water.{H4325} 27 And when he hath made her drink{H8248} the water,{H4325} then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled,{H2930} and have committed{H4603} a trespass{H4604} against her husband,{H376} that the water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779} shall enter{H935} into her [and become] bitter,{H4751} and her body{H990} shall swell,{H6638} and her thigh{H3409} shall fall away:{H5307} and the woman{H802} shall be a curse{H423} among{H7130} her people.{H5971} 28 And if the woman{H802} be not defiled,{H2930} but be clean;{H2889} then she shall be free,{H5352} and shall conceive{H2232} seed.{H2233} 29 This is the law{H8451} of jealousy,{H7068} when a wife,{H802} being under her husband,{H376} goeth aside,{H7847} and is defiled;{H2930} 30 or when the spirit{H7307} of jealousy{H7068} cometh{H5674} upon a man,{H376} and he is jealous{H7065} of his wife;{H802} then shall he set{H5975} the woman{H802} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and the priest{H3548} shall execute{H6213} upon her all this law.{H8451} 31 And the man{H376} shall be free{H5352} from iniquity,{H5771} and that{H1931} woman{H802} shall bear{H5375} her iniquity.{H5771}
  • Deut 22:22-24 : 22 If a man{H376} be found{H4672} lying{H7901} with a woman{H802} married{H1166} to a husband,{H1167} then they shall both of them{H8147} die,{H4191} the man{H376} that lay{H7901} with the woman,{H802} and the woman:{H802} so shalt thou put away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from Israel.{H3478} 23 If there be a damsel{H5291} that is a virgin{H1330} betrothed{H781} unto a husband,{H376} and a man{H376} find{H4672} her in the city,{H5892} and lie{H7901} with her; 24 then ye shall bring{H3318} them both{H8147} out unto the gate{H8179} of that city,{H5892} and ye shall stone{H5619} them to death{H4191} with stones;{H68} the damsel,{H5291} because{H834} she cried{H6817} not, being in the city;{H5892} and the man,{H376} because{H834} he hath humbled{H6031} his neighbor's{H7453} wife:{H802} so thou shalt put away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from the midst{H7130} of thee.
  • Ruth 2:13 : 13 Then she said,{H559} Let me find{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} my lord,{H113} for that thou hast comforted{H5162} me, and for that thou hast spoken{H1696} kindly{H3820} unto thy handmaid,{H8198} though I be not as one{H259} of thy handmaidens.{H8198}
  • 1 Sam 25:39-42 : 39 And when David{H1732} heard{H8085} that Nabal{H5037} was dead,{H4191} he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} that hath pleaded{H7378} the cause{H7379} of my reproach{H2781} from the hand{H3027} of Nabal,{H5037} and hath kept{H2820} back his servant{H5650} from evil:{H7451} and the evil-doing{H7451} of Nabal{H5037} hath Jehovah{H3068} returned{H7725} upon his own head.{H7218} And David{H1732} sent{H7971} and spake{H1696} concerning Abigail,{H26} to take{H3947} her to him to wife.{H802} 40 And when the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} were come{H935} to Abigail{H26} to Carmel,{H3760} they spake{H1696} unto her, saying,{H559} David{H1732} hath sent{H7971} us unto thee, to take{H3947} thee to him to wife.{H802} 41 And she arose,{H6965} and bowed{H7812} herself with her face{H639} to the earth,{H776} and said,{H559} Behold, thy handmaid{H519} is a servant{H8198} to wash{H7364} the feet{H7272} of the servants{H8198} of my lord.{H113} 42 And Abigail{H26} hasted,{H4116} and arose,{H6965} and rode{H7392} upon an ass,{H2543} with five{H2568} damsels{H5291} of hers that{H1980} followed{H7272} her; and she went{H1980} after{H7272} the messengers{H4397} of David,{H1732} and became his wife.{H802}