Numbers 5:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"The priest will write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

ASV:

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

BBE:

And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

DBY:

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,

ERV:

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

JPS:

And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

WBS:

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

WEB:

"'The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

YLT:

And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters,

Numbers 5:23 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 5:22 and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away." And the woman shall say, "Amen. Amen."

Numbers 5:24 Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall {m} blot [them] out with the bitter water:
(m) Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel.

WES:

5:23 In a book - That is, in a scroll of parchment, which the Hebrews commonly call a book. Blot them out - Or scrape them out and cast them into the bitter water. Whereby it was signified, that if she was innocent, the curses should be blotted out and come to nothing; and, if she were guilty, she should find in her the effects of this water which she drank, after the words of this curse had been scraped and put in.

MHC:

5:11-31 This law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions might occasion. It would also hinder the guilty from escaping, and the innocent from coming under just suspicion. When no proof could be brought, the wife was called on to make this solemn appeal to a heart-searching God. No woman, if she were guilty, could say Amen to the adjuration, and drink the water after it, unless she disbelieved the truth of God, or defied his justice. The water is called the bitter water, because it caused the curse. Thus sin is called an evil and a bitter thing. Let all that meddle with forbidden pleasures, know that they will be bitterness in the latter end. From the whole learn, 1. Secret sins are known to God, and sometimes are strangely brought to light in this life; and that there is a day coming when God will, by Christ, judge the secrets of men according to the gospel, Ro 2:16. 2 In particular, Whoremongers and adulterers God will surely judge. Though we have not now the waters of jealousy, yet we have God's word, which ought to be as great a terror. Sensual lusts will end in bitterness. 3. God will manifest the innocency of the innocent. The same providence is for good to some, and for hurt to others. And it will answer the purposes which God intends.

CONC:

Bitter Bitterness Blot Blotted Book Curses Execrations Priest Scroll Wash Washing Waters Writing Written

Bitter Bitterness Blot Blotted Book Curses Execrations Scroll Wash Washing Water Waters Write Writing Written

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