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Numbers 5:13

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5:13and a man has sexual relations20 with her21 without her husband knowing it,22 and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since23 there was no witness against her, nor was she caught—

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  1. 20 Heb “and a man lies with her with the emission of semen.” This makes it clear that there was adultery involved, so that the going astray is going astray morally. The indication in the text is that if she had never behaved suspiciously the sin might not have been detected.
  2. 21 The sign of the accusative אֹתָהּ (’otah) is probably to be repointed to the preposition with the suffix, אִתָּהּ (’ittah).
  3. 22 Heb “and it is concealed from the eyes of her husband.”
  4. 23 The noun clause beginning with the simple conjunction is here a circumstantial clause, explaining that there was no witness to the sin.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

if a man lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, since she was not taken in the act,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act),

CSBChristian Standard Bible

and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn’t caught in the act;

NLTNew Living Translation

and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and a man sleeps with her and ejaculates and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is concealed, although she is defiled, and there is no witness against her and she was not caught,

KJV 1900King James Version

And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;