Numbers 5:20

But if thou hast gone aside to another in stead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man hath lien with thee beside thine husband:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

if you, however, have gone astray, {being} under {the authority of} your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:
- American Standard Version (1901)

But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:
- Basic English Bible

But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband'-
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,
- Darby Bible

But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man:
- Douay-Rheims Bible

but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thine husband:
- English Revised Version

But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:"
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Numbers 5:20

5:18 Before the Lord - Before the tabernacle with her face towards the ark. Uncover her head - Partly that she might be made sensible how manifest she and all her ways were to God; partly in token of her sorrow for her sin, or at least for any cause of suspicion which she had given. In her hands - That she herself might offer it, and thereby call God to be witness of her innocency. Bitter - So called either from the bitter taste which the dust gave it, or from the bitter effects of it upon her, if she were guilty. That causeth the curse - Not by any natural power, but by a supernatural efficacy.

5:19 By an oath - To answer truly to his question, or to declare whether she be guilty or no, and after such oath shall say as follows.

5:21 An oath - That is, a form of cursing, that when they would curse a person, they may wish that they may be as miserable as thou wast. Thy thigh - A modest expression, used both in scripture, as #Gen 46:26|, #Exo 1:5|, and other authors. To rot - Heb. to fall, that is, to die or waste away. To swell - Suddenly and violently till it burst, which the Jews note was frequent in this case. And it was a clear evidence of the truth of their religion.

5:22 Amen, amen - That is, so let it be if I be guilty. The word is doubled by her as an evidence of her innocency, and ardent desire that God would deal with her according to her desert.