Numbers 5:12
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Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband,

Numbers 5:19,20 And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee. . . .

Proverbs 2:16,17 And forsaketh the guide of her youth, . . .

Context
The Adultery Test
11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband,13Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot discover it, but the adultery is secret, and cannot be proved by witnesses, because she was not found in the adultery:…
Cross References
Numbers 5:11
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 5:19
And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee.

Numbers 5:20
But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man:

Numbers 5:29
This is the law of jealousy. If a woman hath gone aside from her husband, and be defiled,

Deuteronomy 24:1
If a man take a wife, and have her, and she find not favour in his eyes, for some uncleanness: he shall write a bill of divorce, and shall give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Lexicon
“Speak
דַּבֵּר֙ (dab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the Israelites
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

and tell them that
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

if
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

any man’s
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

wife
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

goes astray
תִשְׂטֶ֣ה (ṯiś·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7847: To deviate from duty

and is unfaithful
וּמָעֲלָ֥ה (ū·mā·‘ă·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4603: To cover up, to act covertly, treacherously

to him
מָֽעַל׃ (mā·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4604: An unfaithful or treacherous act


Additional Translations
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to himSpeak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosesoever wife shall transgress against him, and slight and despise him,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go astray, and commit unfaithfulness against him,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man's wife shall go astray, and commit a trespass against him,

"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: 'If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,
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