Bible Commentary

He shall separate [himself] from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 3. vinegar ] Prepared from wine and other intoxicants which have gone sour. liquor of grapes ] Fresh wine, as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:3”

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate [themselves] unto the LORD: 2. shall make a special vow ] as in Num 15:3; Num 15:8, Lev 22:21; Lev 27:2. The exact force of the term is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:2”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the voluntary adoption for a time of obligations to high and strict modes of self-dedication resembling, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 6:1”

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. 31. The husband shall be held innocent in any case, and the woman shall, if guilty, suffer the consequences of guilt. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 31. This woman shall bear her iniquity] That is, her … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:31”

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife,…. [See comments on Nu 5:14]; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:30”

This [is] the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside [to another] instead of her husband, and is defiled; Verse 29. This is the law of jealousies] And this is the most singular law in the whole Pentateuch: a law that seems to have been copied by almost all the nations of the earth, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:29”

And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 28. she shall be free] she shall be acquitted; proved innocent. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges She shall be free, to wit, from these bitter curses and miseries. Shall conceive seed, i.e. shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:28”

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, [that], if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, [and become] bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:27”

And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. 26. an handful of the meal-offering ] In accordance with the general regulation laid down in Lev 2:2. as the memorial-offering thereof ] The technical … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:26”

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar: 25. shall wave the meal-offering ] The word ‘wave’ probably does not bear its technical meaning (explained in note on Num 6:20), but denotes simply to ‘offer.’ See … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 5:25”