Bilangan 5:22

5:22 and this water that causes the curse will go ¹  into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” ²  Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.” ³ 

Bilangan 5:1

Separation of the Unclean

5:1 ⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses:

1 Korintus 14:16

14:16 Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift ⁵  say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

[5:22]  ¹ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.

[5:22]  ² tn Heb “fall away.”

[5:22]  ³ tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.

[5:1]  ⁴ sn The fifth chapter falls into four main parts: separation of the unclean (vv. 1-4), restitution for sin (vv. 5-10), the jealousy ordeal (vv. 11-28), and the summary (vv. 29-31). There is a good deal of literature on the biblical theme of holiness (for which see the notes on Leviticus primarily). But with regard to this chapter, see (with caution), Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger; J. Neusner, The Idea of Purity in Ancient Judaism; and K. Milgrom, “Two Kinds of h£at£t£a„át,” VT 26 (1976): 333-37.

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “how can someone who fills the place of the unlearned say ‘Amen.’”