Numbers 5:23 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Numbers 5:23

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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; {rot: Heb. fall}

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:

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.

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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Numbers 5:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 5:2

"Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:"

Numbers 5:3

"Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell."

Numbers 5:4

"And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel."

Numbers 5:5

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 5:6

"Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;"

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