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beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man
giveth the priest, it shall be his.
The Law concerning Jealousy
11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, if any man’s
wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
We have here the law concerning the solemn trial of a wife whose husband was jealous of her. Observe,
I. What was the case supposed: That a man had some reason to suspect his wife to have committed adultery, Lu 5:12-14. Here,
1 The sin of adultery is justly represented as an exceedingly sinful sin; it is going aside from God and virtue, and the good way, Pr 2:17. It is committing a trespass against the husband, robbing him of his honour, alienating his right, introducing a spurious breed into his family to share with his children in his estate, and violating her covenant with him. It is being defiled; for nothing pollutes the mind and conscience more than this sin does.
2. It is supposed to be a sin which great care is taken by the sinners to conceal, which there is no witness of. The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Job 24:15. And the adulteress takes her opportunity when the good man is not at home, Pr 7:19. It would not covet to be secret if it were not shameful; and the devil who draws sinners to this sin teaches them how to cover it.