John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 5:13

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And a man lie with her carnally, etc.] 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 is not known by her husband, nor by any other; “she hath hid herself”, so Ainsworth, being in a private place with another man, though warned to the contrary by her husband: and she be defiled, and [there be] no witness against her; of her being defiled, though there may be of her being in private with such a man: neither she be taken [with the manner]; or in the act of uncleanness.

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