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Commentaries on Numbers 5:9

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Numbers 5 This chapter contains a repetition of some former laws, concerning putting unclean persons out of the camp, Numbers 5:1; making restitution in case of trespass against another, Numbers 5:5; and of giving the offering of all holy things and all hallowed things to the priests, Numbers 5:9; and a new law concerning jealousy, in a man, of his wife, Numbers 5:11; when she was...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,.... Of the holy sacrifices brought by them to be offered up; that part of them which is elevated, heaved, or waved, as the heave shoulder and wave breast: which they bring unto the priest, shall be his; what they bring to him to offer for them shall be his who performs the service, even that part of them which is his due.

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. An order, pursuant to the laws already made, for the removing of the unclean out of the camp, ver. 1-4. II. A repetition of the laws concerning restitution, in case of wrong done to a neighbour (ver. 5-8), and concerning the appropriating of the hallowed things to the priests, ver. 9, 10. III. A new law made concerning the trial of a wife suspected of adultery, by the...