Verse 23
Numbers 5:23
World English Bible, British Edition
23
“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
wipe them into the water of bitterness.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֠/כָתַב אֶת הָ/אָלֹ֥ת הָ/אֵ֛לֶּה הַ/כֹּהֵ֖ן בַּ/סֵּ֑פֶר וּ/מָחָ֖ה אֶל מֵ֥י הַ/מָּרִֽים
English Translation
And the priest shall write these curses in a book and shall blot them out into the water of the bitter.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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2
“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper,
everyone who has a discha...
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3
You shall put both male and female outside of the camp so that they don’t
defile their camp, in the...
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4
The children of Israel did so, and put them outside of the camp;
as the LORD spoke to Moses, so the...
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5
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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“Speak to the children of Israel: ‘When a man or woman commits any sin
that men commit, so as to tre...
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7
then he shall confess his sin which he has done; and he shall make restitution
for his guilt in full...
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8
But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the
guilt, the restitution for gui...
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9
Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel,
which they present to the pri...
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10
Every man’s holy things shall be his; whatever any man gives the priest,
it shall be his.’”
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11
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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12
“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘If any man’s wife
goes astray and is unfaithful to...
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13
and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of
her husband and this is kept con...
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and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife
and she is defiled; or if the...
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15
then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring her
offering for her: one tenth of...
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16
The priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.
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The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest
shall take some of the dust th...
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18
The priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of
the woman’s head go loose, and p...
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19
The priest shall cause her to take an oath and shall tell the woman,
“If no man has lain with you, a...
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20
But if you have gone astray, being under your husband’s authority, and
if you are defiled, and some...
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21
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing,
and the priest shall tell t...
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22
and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make
your body swell, and your thig...
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23
“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
wipe them into the water of bitterness...
24
He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the
curse; and the water that caus...
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25
The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman’s
hand, and shall wave the meal...
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The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as its memorial
portion, and burn it on the al...
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27
When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is
defiled and has committed a tr...
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28
If the woman isn’t defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and
shall conceive offspring.
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“‘This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband,
goes astray, and is defiled,
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or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of
his wife; then he shall set the...
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31
The man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.’”
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