Num 5:21 | TNotes | STEP | 5:21 when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel: Literally when he causes your thigh to waste away. “Thigh” is a euphemism for the reproductive organs (cp. Gen 24:2 ; 47:29 ); something would go wrong with her reproductive abilities. The punishment suited the crime as sexual immorality resulted in the inability to have children.

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‏ Numbers 5:21

5:21 ^a when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel: Literally when he causes your thigh to waste away. “Thigh” is a euphemism for the reproductive organs (cp. Gen 24:2 ^b; 47:29 ^c); something would go wrong with her reproductive abilities. The punishment suited the crime as sexual immorality resulted in the inability to have children.