Verse 21

Numbers 5:21

New King James Version

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;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַ/כֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת הָֽ/אִשָּׁה֮ בִּ/שְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָ/אָלָה֒ וְ/אָמַ֤ר הַ/כֹּהֵן֙ לָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה אוֹתָ֛/ךְ לְ/אָלָ֥ה וְ/לִ/שְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑/ךְ בְּ/תֵ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת יְרֵכֵ/ךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְ/אֶת בִּטְנֵ֖/ךְ צָבָֽה
English Translation
And the priest shall make the woman swear by the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, "May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people; may the Lord cause your thigh to fall away and your abdomen to swell."
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Chapter 5 Context
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Focus ↗
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath a... Focus ↗
3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not thei... Focus ↗
4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses,... Focus ↗
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Focus ↗
6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a... Focus ↗
7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with th... Focus ↗
8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto... Focus ↗
9 And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the pries... Focus ↗
10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. Focus ↗
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Focus ↗
12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a tresp... Focus ↗
13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and... Focus ↗
14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if t... Focus ↗
15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tent... Focus ↗
16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: Focus ↗
17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of t... Focus ↗
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offeri... Focus ↗
19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, a... Focus ↗
20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man... Focus ↗
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the wo...
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy... Focus ↗
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: Focus ↗
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that ca... Focus ↗
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offerin... Focus ↗
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon t... Focus ↗
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, a... Focus ↗
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. Focus ↗
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is def... Focus ↗
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the w... Focus ↗
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. Focus ↗