NUMBERS 5:31- Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. 

This law does not turn a blind eye toward male culpability, but only addresses the difficult problem of due process when a man suspects his wife of sexual impropriety. It is better to engage a public process than to let a jealous man have his vicious way on the theory that a woman is mere property. Far from belittling women, the process recorded here protects

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