Numbers 5:17
What does Numbers 5:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 5:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the priest hath taken holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust which is on the floor of the tabernacle doth the priest take, and hath put <FI>it<Fi> into the water,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the tabernacle into it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.
Context
v.16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jehovah:
v.17This passage
v.18And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 8:8
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
- Exodus 30:18
Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
- Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
- Jeremiah 17:13
O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be put to shame. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.
- Numbers 19:2
This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
- Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
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