Numbers 5:12

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Speak to the Israelites: If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

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  • Num 5:19-20 : 19 The priest shall put her under oath and say to her, 'If no man has lain with you and you have not gone astray, defiling yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.' 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—
  • Prov 2:16-17 : 16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words, 17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

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    11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 5:13-15
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    13 and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,

    14 and if a spirit of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes suspicious of his wife, whether she has defiled herself or not,

    15 The man shall bring his wife to the priest, along with an offering on her behalf: a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He shall not pour oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance to bring iniquity to mind.

  • Num 5:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    19 The priest shall put her under oath and say to her, 'If no man has lain with you and you have not gone astray, defiling yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.'

    20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—

  • Num 5:27-31
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    83%

    27 When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to shrink. The woman will then become a curse among her people.

    28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to conceive children.

    29 This is the law regarding jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband's authority.

    30 Or when a man is overcome by a spirit of jealousy and suspects his wife, he is to bring her before the Lord, and the priest shall carry out all of this law on her.

    31 The man will be free of guilt, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.

  • Num 5:5-6
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    5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

    6 Speak to the Israelites: If a man or woman commits any sin against another person and is unfaithful to the Lord, that person is guilty.

  • Lev 6:1-2
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    77%

    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth of the altar all night until morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning.

  • Deut 22:22-23
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    76%

    22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

    23 If there is a young woman who is a virgin betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

  • Deut 22:13-14
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    13 If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,

    14 accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Lev 18:20
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    20 Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Deut 17:2
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    2 If a man or woman in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you is found to have committed an evil act in the sight of the LORD your God, violating His covenant,

  • Prov 6:29
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    29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    11 He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Matt 5:27
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    27 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

  • Lev 20:10
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    10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 12:1
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    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 4:1-2
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    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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  • Jer 3:20
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    20 But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,' declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 18:11
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    11 even though the father did none of them: He eats at the mountain shrines, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

  • Josh 23:12
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    12 But if you turn away and ally yourselves with the survivors of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them,

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32 You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Job 31:10
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    10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • Matt 5:31
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    31 It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

  • Num 25:6
    72%

    6 Then an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into his family, in the sight of Moses and the whole assembly of Israel, while they were weeping at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • Lev 20:21
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    21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Lev 5:14
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    14 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Deut 24:1
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    1 If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • Deut 22:20
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    20 But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

  • Exod 22:16
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    16 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

  • Deut 5:18
    72%

    18 You shall not commit adultery.

  • Ezek 18:15
    72%

    15 He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

  • Num 25:16
    72%

    16 The LORD said to Moses,

  • Lev 19:20
    72%

    20 If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.

  • Num 6:1
    71%

    1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 20:14
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    14 You shall not commit adultery.

  • Lev 27:1
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    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Deut 13:12
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    12 All Israel will hear and be afraid, and they will no longer do such wickedness among you.

  • Deut 24:3
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    3 If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies,