5:11-15
Adultery and other forms of sexual unfaithfulness are considered to be most serious. If a man suspects his wife of unfaithfulness, but there is no direct proof, then the matter is to be taken to the priest. So the matter was to be resolved one way or another. Determining either the guilt or innocence of the wife. In Lev 2 the grain offering involved olive oil and incense, but in this case these were not to be included, because this was not an act of worship as such, but a matter of dealing with jealousy.
5:16-22
We then get a ritual that was to be carried out. This all seems rather strange to us, but the key aspects are that the woman is to subject herself to God’s judgement. So if she is innocent no harm will befall her, but if she is guilty then there will be consequences and she will miscarry. Everything we do is done in the sight of God, He knows all that we do.
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