If someone wants to do wrong and wants to conceal it, they will use great creativity to hide it. This includes committing adultery. Some reading this may feel what is a little flirt here and there. It has major repercussions for anyone that wants to build a Godly relationship. God took this seriously with the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness.
Numbers 5:27, When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
If a man suspects his wife to be unfaithful or jealous of her he can bring her to the priest and this process will allow the question marks to go away rather than be allowed to linger. God will make the water have an effect that only can come from Him after the woman had sworn her faithfulness to her husband. This showed God's way of dealing with the people of Israel to keep them correct always as His chosen people.
You may feel this harsh, but it is like a good parent who predetermines the boundaries and consequences for a child that does wrong or crosses those boundaries. It is for their own good. It also puts a standard to be followed by the whole family.
Father, help me take sin seriously. I cannot keep doing things that are wrong. Your Holy Spirit has empowered me to do the right.
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