Numbers 5:16
New International Version
“’The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the LORD.

New Living Translation
“The priest will then present her to stand trial before the LORD.

English Standard Version
“And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

King James Bible
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

New King James Version
‘And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
‘Then the priest shall bring her forward and have her stand before the LORD,

NASB 1995
‘Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the LORD,

NASB 1977
‘Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the LORD,

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before Yahweh,

Amplified Bible
‘Then the priest shall have her approach and have her stand before the LORD,

Christian Standard Bible
“The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the LORD.

American Standard Version
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The Priest shall bring her and she shall stand before LORD JEHOVAH.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the priest shall bring her, and cause her to stand before the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
The priest will lead the woman to my altar and make her stand there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The priest therefore shall offer it, and set it before the Lord.

English Revised Version
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"The priest will have the woman come forward and stand in the LORD's presence.

Good News Translation
The priest shall bring the woman forward and have her stand in front of the altar.

International Standard Version
Then the priest is to bring it and make her stand in the LORD's presence.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.

Literal Standard Version
And the priest has brought her near, and has caused her to stand before YHWH,

Majority Standard Bible
The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

New American Bible
The priest shall first have the woman come forward and stand before the LORD.

NET Bible
"'Then the priest will bring her near and have her stand before the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD;

New Heart English Bible
The priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

World English Bible
The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
'And the priest hath brought her near, and hath caused her to stand before Jehovah,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Adultery Test
15then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity. 16The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD. 17Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.…

Cross References
Numbers 5:15
then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.

Numbers 5:17
Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.


Treasury of Scripture

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

Leviticus 1:3
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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Verse 16. - Before the Lord. Either at the brazen altar or at the door of the tabernacle.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The priest
הַכֹּהֵ֑ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3548: Priest

is to bring [the wife] forward
וְהִקְרִ֥יב (wə·hiq·rîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

and have her stand
וְהֶֽעֱמִדָ֖הּ (wə·he·‘ĕ·mi·ḏāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

before
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH


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