Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 5:22

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22. the woman shall say, Amen, Amen —The Israelites were accustomed, instead of formally repeating the words of an oath merely to say, "Amen," a "so be it" to the imprecations it contained. The reduplication of the word was designed as an evidence of the woman's innocence, and a willingness that God would do to her according to her desert. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-23" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

bible-text/num-5-22

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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