Numbers 5:20
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But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man:

Context
The Adultery Test
19And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee. 20But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art defiled, and hast lain with another man:21These curses shall light upon thee: The Lord make thee a curse, and an example for all among his people: may he make thy thigh to rot, and may thy belly swell and burst asunder.…
Cross References
Leviticus 15:16
The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.

Numbers 5:12
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and contemning her husband,

Lexicon
But if
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you
וְאַ֗תְּ (wə·’at)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

have gone astray
שָׂטִ֛ית (śā·ṭîṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7847: To deviate from duty

while under
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

your husband’s authority
אִישֵׁ֖ךְ (’î·šêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and
וְכִ֣י (wə·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

defiled yourself
נִטְמֵ֑את (niṭ·mêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

with a man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

other than
מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֖י (mib·bal·‘ă·ḏê)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 1107: Apart from, except, without

your husband
אִישֵֽׁךְ׃ (’î·šêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who has slept
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

with you’—
שְׁכָבְתּ֔וֹ (šə·ḵā·ḇə·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7903: A, lying with


Additional Translations
But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself with a man other than your husband who has slept with you’—But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you be defiled, and some man have lain with you beside your husband:

But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

But if being a married woman thou hast transgressed, or been polluted, and any one has lain with thee, beside thy husband:

But if thou hast gone astray to another instead of thy husband, and hast been defiled, and a man other than thy husband have lain with thee,

but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thine husband:

But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou art defiled, and some man hath lain with thee besides thy husband:

But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:"

and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband --
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