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;
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Gill's Exposition
And a man lie with her carnally,.... That is, is suspected that he has so done, not that it is a clear case, for it follows:
and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close; so that it…
The trial of jealousy. Since the crime of adultery is especially defiling and destructive of the very foundations of social order, the whole subject is dealt with at a length proportionate to its…
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…
Cambridge Bible
and be kept close&c. and she be undetected, though she has defiled herself.
since she was not taken in the act On the evidence of two witnesses at least (Deu 17:6; Deu 19:15) the woman and the man…
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