Numbers 5:31

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

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  • Lev 20:10 : 10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  • Lev 20:17-20 : 17 If a man marries his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and they see each other's nakedness, it is a disgrace. They shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness and shall bear his iniquity. 18 If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity. 20 If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
  • Num 9:13 : 13 But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to observe the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not present the LORD's offering at its appointed time. That person shall bear his sin.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, and your justice like the noonday.
  • Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all lives are mine; the life of the father and the life of the son belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and anger. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does what is evil, first for the Jew, then also for the Gentile.

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  • Num 5:24-30
    7 verses
    80%

    24He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her, causing bitter suffering.

    25The priest shall take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, wave the offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar.

    26The priest shall take a handful of the offering as its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, and afterward, he shall make the woman drink the water.

    27When 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.

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

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

    30Or 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.

  • Num 30:15
    79%

    15But if her husband says nothing to her from one day to the next, he confirms all her vows or binding obligations that are upon her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears of them.

  • Num 5:11-16
    6 verses
    78%

    11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

    12Speak to the Israelites: If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

    13and 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,

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

    15The 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.

    16The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord.

  • Num 5:18-21
    4 verses
    76%

    18After the woman is made to stand before the Lord, the priest will loosen her hair, place the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering for jealousy, into her hands, and hold in his hands the bitter water that brings a curse.

    19The 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.'

    20But 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—

    21then the priest will put the woman under the curse oath and say to her, 'May the Lord make you a curse and an example of cursing among your people by making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell.'

  • Num 5:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

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

    7They must confess the sin they have committed. They must fully repay the one they wronged, adding a fifth of the value and giving it to the person they have wronged.

    8But if the person has no close relative to whom the restitution can be made, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram of atonement to make atonement for the guilt.

  • Lev 5:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5When someone realizes their guilt in one of these matters, they must confess the sin they have committed.

    6They shall bring their guilt offering to the LORD for the sin they have committed: a female sheep or goat from the flock as a sin offering. The priest shall make atonement for them concerning their sin.

  • Lev 5:3
    72%

    3Or if someone touches human uncleanness, anything that makes a person unclean, and it is hidden from them but then they realize it, they become guilty.

  • Lev 5:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16They must make restitution for what they have misused in regard to the holy thing, adding a fifth of its value, and give it to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram of the guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.

    17If someone sins and does something against any of the commands of the LORD, even though they were unaware of it, they are still guilty and shall bear their punishment.

  • Num 30:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11If a woman living in her husband's household makes a vow or takes an oath to bind herself by a pledge,

    12But if her husband hears about her vow and says nothing to her, he has approved all her vows and every obligation she has taken upon herself. They will stand.

    13But if her husband annuls them on the day he hears of them, then none of the words from her lips concerning her vows or the obligations she has taken upon herself will stand. Her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her.

  • Exod 21:11
    71%

    11If he does not provide these three things for her, she is to go free, without any payment.

  • Num 30:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6But if her father rules against her when he hears about it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father has objected to it.

    7If she marries after making a vow or rashly uttering a binding obligation by which she binds herself,

    8and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, her vows or obligations she has made will stand.

  • Lev 5:1
    71%

    1If someone sins by hearing an oath and is a witness, whether they have seen it or know it, yet they do not report it, they will bear their guilt.

  • Job 31:11
    70%

    11For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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

  • Lev 19:20
    70%

    20If 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.

  • Deut 22:14
    70%

    14accusing 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,'

  • Ezek 18:5
    70%

    5If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

  • Deut 17:5
    70%

    5take the man or woman who has committed this evil deed out to your city gates and stone that person to death.

  • Lev 15:30
    70%

    30The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way, the priest will make atonement for her before the LORD because of her discharge.

  • Exod 21:22
    69%

    22If men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman, causing her to give birth prematurely but there is no further injury, the offender must pay whatever the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

  • Lev 12:7
    69%

    7The priest shall offer them before the LORD and make atonement for her, and she will be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.

  • Prov 6:29
    69%

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

  • Deut 22:22
    69%

    22If 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.

  • Rom 7:3
    69%

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

  • Matt 5:31
    69%

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

  • Lev 5:19
    68%

    19It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty before the LORD.

  • Deut 24:1
    68%

    1If 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.