
Numbers 5–8: On How Moses’ Test for Adultery Is Different Than Monty Python’s Test for Witches (Bible Talk, Ep. 44)
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A Strange Test for Adultery
The new content that we get here in numbers five is this, I don't know how else to describe it other than a strange test for whether or not adultery has been committed. Jim and Sam both want to say something about what's before the test. The Lord said to Moses, speak to the people of Israel, when a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with Yahweh, and that person realizes his guilt. And so we have conviction for sin and then a confession of that sin, which I think is entailing repentance as he makes restitution for the wrong.
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