Women on Trial (Numbers 5) – A More Christlike Reading – Brad Jersak

A MORE CHRISTLIKE READING OF NUMBERS 5 - QUESTION: Many things still trouble me in the Old Testament. For instance, the treatment of women under the law, such as we see described in Numbers 5. I would like to be able to hear your perspective on that passage. RESPONSE: This is such an important question that I decided to do a deep dive on Numbers 5:11-31. Without presuming to claim an answer, I will do my best to respond. My first instinct was to compare the passage across several translations, with special attention to Jewish translations, including the Septuagint (LXX), Philo of Alexandria, Robert Alter’s The Hebrew ...