The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh;
Parallel translations
- KJV And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
- BSB The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.
- NKJV ‘And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord.
- NASB ‘Then the priest shall bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord,
- NLT “The priest will then present her to stand trial before the Lord.
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Quick answer
The priest brings the woman near and sets her before the Lord. The matter is placed directly in God's presence for judgment.
Overview
By setting the woman before the Lord, the priest entrusts the verdict to God rather than to human suspicion. This emphasizes that the true judge of hidden sin is God Himself. Standing before the Lord, the unseen truth of the heart is exposed to the One who searches all things.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 1:3“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh.
- Rev 2:22–23Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
- Jer 17:10“I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
- Heb 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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