Chapter 5:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
Numbers 5
Concise Complete
The unclean to be removed out of the camp, Restitution
to be made for trespasses. (1-10) The trial of jealousy. (11-31)
Verses 1-10 The
camp was to be cleansed. The purity of the church must be kept as carefully as
the peace and order of it. Every polluted Israelite must be separated. The
wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable. The greater profession of
religion any house or family makes, the more they are obliged to put away
iniquity far from them. If a man overreach or defraud his brother in any matter,
it is a trespass against the Lord, who strictly charges and commands us to do
justly. What is to be done when a man's awakened conscience charges him with
guilt of this kind, though done long ago? He must confess his sin, confess it to
God, confess it to his neighbour, and take shame to himself; though it go
against him to own himself in a lie, yet he must do it. Satisfaction must be
made for the offence done to God, as well as for the loss sustained by the
neighbour; restitution in that case is not enough without faith and repentance.
While that which is wrongly gotten is knowingly kept, the guilt remains on the
conscience, and is not done away by sacrifice or offering, prayers or tears; for
it is the same act of sin persisted in. This is the doctrine of right reason,
and of the word of God. It detects hypocrites, and directs the tender conscience
to proper conduct, which, springing from faith in Christ, will make way for
inward peace.
Verses 11-31
This law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for
suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such
suspicions might occasion. It would also hinder the guilty from escaping, and
the innocent from coming under just suspicion. When no proof could be brought,
the wife was called on to make this solemn appeal to a heart-searching God. No
woman, if she were guilty, could say "Amen" to the adjuration, and drink the
water after it, unless she disbelieved the truth of God, or defied his justice.
The water is called the bitter water, because it caused the curse. Thus sin is
called an evil and a bitter thing. Let all that meddle with forbidden pleasures,
know that they will be bitterness in the latter end. From the whole learn, 1.
Secret sins are known to God, and sometimes are strangely brought to light in
this life; and that there is a day coming when God will, by Christ, judge the
secrets of men according to the gospel,
romans 2:16. 2 In
particular, Whoremongers and adulterers God will surely judge. Though we have
not now the waters of jealousy, yet we have God's word, which ought to be as
great a terror. Sensual lusts will end in bitterness. 3. God will manifest the
innocency of the innocent. The same providence is for good to some, and for hurt
to others. And it will answer the purposes which God intends.
Chapter 5:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
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