Numbers 5:13

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),”

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BSBPD

“by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and a man hath lain with her <FI>with<Fi> the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 5:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 18:20You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
  2. Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  3. Proverbs 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
  4. Proverbs 7:20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
  5. Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
  6. Ezekiel 33:26You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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