Numbers 5-6
There are those who the scriptures for exhibiting male chauvinism. Today's reading lends credence to that charge. It would seem that God held Israelite women to a different standard concerning adultery than what He did for men. Indeed, if a man just suspected his wife of infidelity, she was treated as one guilty until proven innocent! And then, to add injury to insult, if she were proven to be innocent, her husband suffered no ill for the false charge!
I don't pretend to fully understand what clearly seems to me to be an unjust law. Who can know the mind of God? However, it would appear that the Israelite women of old did understand. As vocal as they were, we never read of them levying a charge that God was treating them unfairly. To the contrary, it would seem that they had complete confidence in His decrees and statutes. I don' believe they were weak, brainwashed, robitrons. These were strong women, able to bear any load. Perhaps they were more in touch with God than we realize!
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