Discovery BoxNumbers 5:19 
Context5:19 Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, “If no other 1 man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse. 2
Numbers 25:6
Context25:6 Just then 3 one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers 4 a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of 5 the whole community of the Israelites, while they 6 were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
1 tn The word “other” is implied, since the woman would not be guilty of having sexual relations with her own husband.
2 sn Although there would be stress involved, a woman who was innocent would have nothing to hide, and would be confident. The wording of the priest’s oath is actually designed to enable the potion to keep her from harm and not produce the physical effects it was designed to do.
3 tn The verse begins with the deictic particle וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh), pointing out the action that was taking place. It stresses the immediacy of the action to the reader.
4 tn Or “to his family”; or “to his clan.”
5 tn Heb “before the eyes of Moses and before the eyes of.”
6 tn The vav (ו) at the beginning of the clause is a disjunctive because it is prefixed to the nonverbal form. In this context it is best interpreted as a circumstantial clause, stressing that this happened “while” people were weeping over the sin.
