John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 5:16
And the priest shall bring her near ,.... Or "offer it", as the Vulgate Latin version, that is, the offering of jealousy: and set her before the Lord ; or "it", the offering; for which the Tigurine version is more express,"let the priest offer that sacrifice, and set that before the Lord,'for the setting of the woman before the Lord is spoken of in Numbers 5:18 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 5:11-31
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 adultery, Luke 5:12-14. Here, 1. The sin of adultery is justly represented as an exceedingly sinful sin; it is going aside from God and virtue, and the good way, Prov. 2:17. It is committing a trespass against the husband, robbing him of his honour, alienating his right, introducing a spurious breed... read more