Numbers 5:28
But if she be not defiled, she shall not be hurt, and shall bear children.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quod si polluta non fuerit, erit innoxia, et faciet liberos.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐὰν δὲ μὴ μιανθῇ ἡ γυνὴ καὶ καθαρὰ ᾖ, καὶ ἀθῴα ἔσται καὶ ἐκσπερματιεῖ σπέρμα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְאִם לֹ֤א נִטְמְאָה֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וּטְהֹרָ֖ה הִ֑וא וְנִקְּתָ֖ה וְנִזְרְעָ֥ה זָֽרַע
Haydock's commentary
Children, that her husband may love her the more, and she may receive some compensation, for the stain thrown upon her character. (Menochius)
We do not read in Scripture that any was ever subjected to this trial. The method of giving a bill of divorce was more easy. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.