Numbers 5:23
What does Numbers 5:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 5:23 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 write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted <FI>them<Fi> out with the bitter waters,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
Context
v.22and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.
v.23This passage
v.24and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24
Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah.
- Acts 3:19
Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;
- Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
- Jeremiah 51:60
And Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
- Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
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