Numbers 5:18

And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Cross-reference

Numbers 5:15 Historical context

In Numbers 5:15, the grain offering of remembrance is prepared — here in v.18 it is placed in her hands, linking the offering to the ritual.

Numbers 5:17 Historical context

Numbers 5:17 describes the holy water and dust from the tabernacle floor used in the same ritual of jealousy.

Numbers 5:22 Historical context

Numbers 5:22 contains the curse oath the woman must accept, directly linked to the same ritual context.

Numbers 5:24 Historical context

Numbers 5:24 gives the woman the bitter water to drink, continuing the same jealousy ritual.

Numbers 5:25 Historical context

In Numbers 5:25, the priest takes the grain offering from her hands and waves it — this continues the ritual after v.18.

Numbers 5:26 Historical context

In Numbers 5:26, the same ritual concludes with the priest burning a memorial portion on the altar, completing the jealousy offering.

Numbers 5:16 has the priest bring her near; here he sets her before the Lord with the offerings — a sequential step.

In Leviticus 13:45, a leper lets his hair hang loose as a sign of uncleanness — the woman's loosed hair here also indicates shame.

Leviticus 2:2 describes the memorial portion of a grain offering — the same element used in the jealousy ritual here.

Leviticus 10:6 forbids priests from letting their hair hang loose — the opposite of the woman's hair being loosened here.

1 Corinthians 11:6 addresses hair covering in worship, contrasting with the loosened hair of the suspected woman here.

In 1 Corinthians 11:15, long hair is a woman's glory and covering — here loosing her hair is a sign of shame, contrasting with Paul's teaching.

Hebrews 13:4 Related theme

In Hebrews 13:4, God judges the sexually immoral and adulterous — this ritual embodies divine judgment on adultery.

In Revelation 2:19-23, Jesus threatens judgment on Jezebel for sexual immorality — similar divine judgment on adultery as here.