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Numbers 5:23

21 and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

22 May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

24 He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

25 The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
KJV
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
WEB
“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.
ASV
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
DARBY
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
BLB
And the priest shall write these oaths in the book, and he shall wipe [them] off into the bitter water.
ÅB
Deretter skal presten skrive opp disse forbannelser på et blad og vaske dem ut i bitterhetens vann,
OTB
"‘Presten skal skrive disse forbannelsene på en rull og vaske dem av i det bitre vannet.
B1930
Derefter skal presten skrive op disse forbannelser på et blad og vaske dem ut i bitterhetens vann,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 31:35

    (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

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  • Psalms 51:1

    Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

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  • Jeremiah 51:60–64

    Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.

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  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

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  • Isaiah 44:22

    I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

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  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:21–22

    This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

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