The Law of Jealousy in Leviticus Chapter 6

If the person who had been wronged was not alive or no longer accessible, and had no living xt of kin, the sum for the restitution had to be given to the lord for the priest. This was in addition to the ram of the reparation offering. Such cases are described from a slightly different perspective. While verse six spoke of a situation of breaking faith with the lord, there is a law addressing a situation where a woman breaks faith with her husband. A wife can be made subject to an ordeal for which no corresponding right exists for husbands. And if the woman is found guilty, she faces serious consequences - though nothing is said of any consequences faced by the man with whom she