Num 5:14 | CPDV | STEP | if the spirit of jealousy stirs up the husband against his wife, who either has been polluted or is being assailed with a false suspicion,

Numbers 5:14

14 if the spirit of jealousy stirs up the husband against his wife, who either has been polluted or is being assailed with a false suspicion, ^{▼▼5:14The wife may be guilty, in which case she has been defiled by her act, or she may be innocent, in which case it is a false accusation.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼5:14 The spirit of jealousy, etc: This ordinance was designed to clear the innocent, and to prevent jealous husbands from doing mischief to their wives: as likewise to give all a horror of adultery, by punishing it in so remarkable a manner.(Challoner)}