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EXODUS | 20:5 jealous — EXOD368 God's relationship with the Jewish people...

EXOD368 God's relationship with the Jewish people is compared to that of a scorned lover, (Midrash Tanchuma 94:6) much like the Sotah and her jealous husband [Numbers 5:14]. One commentator [Rabeinu Bechaya on this verse] notes that the only time in the entire Bible that God is referred to as jealous is in the context of idol worship, to demonstrate that special husband-wife relationship between the Jewish people and God.

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Source KeyAMJV
Verse20:5
Keyword(s)jealous
Source Page(s)167-8
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