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Numbers 5:23

21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon 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 one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

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  • Psalms 51:1

    Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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  • Jeremiah 51:60–64

    So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

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  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 44:22

    I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

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  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:21–22

    The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.

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