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Jealousy, Waters of

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Numbers 5. (Numbers 5:14; Numbers 5:30.) An ordeal to detect a woman's guilt or vindicate her innocence to her husband. It could not injure the innocent or punish the guilty except by miracle; contrary to pagan ordeals, wherein the innocent could scarcely escape except by miracle.

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Jealousy, Waters of'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​j/jealousy-waters-of.html. 1949.