Saturday, August 31, 2013

The Lord is righeous and Jealous God

Numbers 5:1-31
Keep the camp purify, unclean include infectious skin disease or a discharge of any kind, or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body.
For person is guilty and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution for his wrong, add one fifth to it and give it all to the person he has wronged.
Grain offering for jealousy, a reminder offering to draw attention to guilt.
The law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while married to her husband, or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her.
Why?
The Lord is the judge to identify who has guilty when jealousy happened. Protect the husband and wife.
Concern wives suspected of unfaithfulness. In the absence of evidence there is to be trial by ordeal. Trials of this kind where not uncommon in ancient times, and are well known today in parts of Africa and India. This one is mild by some standards - ad also less heavily weighted than many towards a verdict of guilty. It is not clear whether the water contained some herb which would induce miscarriage if the woman were guilty and pregnant, or whether it worked simply by psychological suggestion.
Amen: will to bear all responsibility of the declaration.
How?
The Lord is righteous God and Jealous, there is not any sin or unclean and guilt could stand before Him. Confess the wrong also have to pay not only the amount and add one fifth to it. Fear the Lord is wisdom!

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