Numbers - 5:28



28 If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 5:28.

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But if she be not defiled, she shall not be hurt, and shall bear children.
But if the woman have not been defiled, and be clean, then she shall be clear, and shall conceive seed.
And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown with seed.
But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be cleared, and shall conceive seed.
If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free and will conceive children.
But if she has not been defiled, she shall be unharmed and she shall bear children.
Quod si non fuerit polluta mulier, sed munda fuerit, munda erit, seminabiturque semine.

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And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean,.... If she is not guilty of adultery, but pure from that sin:
then she shall be free; from the effects of the bitter water; they shall have no such influence upon her, but she shall be as soured and healthful as ever; nay, the Jewish writers say more so, that if she had any sickness or disease upon her she would now be freed from it (n); the Targum of Jonathan has it, her splendour shall shine, the brightness and beauty of her countenance:
and shall conceive seed; a man child, as the same Targum; and the Jewish writers say, if she was barren before, now she would be fruitful; but no more is meant by it than that her husband should receive her gladly, and she should live comfortably with him hereafter, and the blessing of God would be upon her, which would still be a confirmation of her chastity.
(n) Maimon. Hilchot Sotah, c. 3. sect. 22.

"But if she have not defiled herself, and is clean (from the crime of which she was suspected), she will remain free (from the threatened punishment of God), and will conceive seed," i.e., be blessed with the capacity and power to conceive and bring forth children.

Conceive seed - That is, shall bring forth children, as the Jews say, in case of her innocency, she infallibly did, yea though she was barren before.

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