Bilangan 5:16

5:16 “‘Then the priest will bring her near and have her stand ¹  before the Lord.

Bilangan 5:29

5:29 “‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, ²  when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

Bilangan 5:31

5:31 Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences ³  of her iniquity.’” ⁴ 

Bilangan 36:11

36:11 For the daughters of Zelophehad – Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah – were married to the sons of their uncles. ⁵ 

[5:16]  ¹ tn The verb is the Hiphil of the word “to stand.” It could be rendered “station her,” but that sounds too unnatural. This is a meeting between an accused person and the Judge of the whole earth.

[5:29]  ² tn Heb “law of jealousies.”

[5:31]  ³ sn The text does not say what the consequences are. Presumably the punishment would come from God, and not from those administering the test.

[5:31]  ⁴ tn The word “iniquity” can also mean the guilt for the iniquity as well as the punishment of consequences for the iniquity. These categories of meanings grew up through figurative usage (metonymies). Here the idea is that if she is guilty then she must “bear the consequences.”

[36:11]  ⁵ tn They married in the family as they were instructed. But the meaning of דּוֹד (dod) is not necessarily restricted to “uncle.”