There are a couple of ways tradition had veered away from the Torah and altered the consequences for committing adultery by Yeshua’s time. The first major difference is that only women needed to fear the accusation of adultery. This was wrong. Let’s revisit Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife,  that […]

Okay, today we’re going to finish up our analysis of the story of the woman accused of adultery in John 8. So where are we at? Let’s get our bearings here. When the accusers brought the alleged adulteress to Yeshua, understand that the statement “she was caught in the act” is key. They were demanding […]

“This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, being under the authority of her husband, goes astray and defiles herself, or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest shall apply all this […]

We’re in the midst of studying the mysterious water ritual in Numbers 5 that is used to determine the guilt or innocence of a wife suspected of committing adultery. Again, I need to stress that there is a key difference between how the crime of adultery is treated here (in Numbers) and how it is […]

Today we’re going to take a close at the water ritual procedures for the married woman suspected of committing adultery. This is also a great opportunity to review some basic Torah vocabulary and principles. So here we go! First, the jealous husband brings his suspected wife to a priest together with a barley offering. Second, […]