Numbers 5:23
“And the Priest shall write these curses in a booke, and hee shall blot them out with the bitter water:”
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Numbers 5:23 Context
21Then the Priest shall charge the woman with an othe of cursing, and the Priest shall say vnto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse, and an othe among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell. 22And 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. 23And the Priest shall write these curses in a booke, and hee shall blot them out with the bitter water: 24And he shall cause the woman to drinke the bitter water, that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25Then the Priest shall take the ielousie offering out of the womans hand, and shall waue the offering before the Lord, and offer it vpon the Altar.
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Other Translations for Numbers 5:23
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
- King James Version
'The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;
- Basic English Bible
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
- Darby Bible
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- Webster's Bible
'The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
- World English Bible
`And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 5:23
5:23 In a book - That is, in a scroll of parchment, which the Hebrews commonly call a book. Blot them out - Or scrape them out and cast them into the bitter water. Whereby it was signified, that if she was innocent, the curses should be blotted out and come to nothing; and, if she were guilty, she should find in her the effects of this water which she drank, after the words of this curse had been scraped and put in.