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Numbers 5:20

But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
Numbers 5:20 · King James Version

In other versions

  • But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

    ASV

  • But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

    BBE

  • But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,

    DBY

  • But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:'

    WEB

  • and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband --

    YLT

  • But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you be defiled, and some man have lain with you beside yours husband:

    ENG

  • But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou art defiled, and some man hath lain with thee besides thy husband:

    WBT

  • But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

    BSB

In context

18And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

19And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:

20But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

21Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

22And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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