Numbers 5:25 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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:”

Numbers 5:25

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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:

And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, {even} the memorial thereof, and burn {it} upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, {that}, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, {and become} bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

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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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