Drinking Dirt from the Temple Floor.Numbers 5:1-31 describes a ritual law concerning suspected marital infidelity. It outlines a procedure where a husband who suspects his wife of adultery brings her to the priest. The priest administers a bitter water made from dust and water, which the woman must drink to determine her guilt or innocence. If guilty, she suffers physical consequences; if innocent, she is unharmed and blessed. This ritual underscores ancient Israelite concerns about purity and fidelity, reflecting cultural and religious norms of the time.the ritual of drinking the dust from the temple floor in Numbers 5 was a divine test designed to reveal the truth in cases of suspected adultery, thereby maintaining social order and invoking God's judgment to determine innocence or guilt.
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Coming from Arab, Alabama, and growing up in Tampa, Fla. I moved with my family to Georgia in 1969. I was saved by God’s marvelous Grace in September 1972 at Blue Springs Baptist Church located down the road from North Cobb High School in Acworth, Ga. Called to preach at 16...