Numbers 5:16 meaning and explanation

The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

Numbers 5:16, Berean Standard Bible

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In the law of jealousy, a husband who suspects his wife brings her to the priest, since no witness or evidence exists either way. The priest brings her forward and has her stand before the LORD, meaning the case is placed directly in God's hands at the tabernacle rather than settled by the husband's suspicion or by human testimony.

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