Numbers 5
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Numbers 5:18-27

18The priestH3548 shall then have the womanH802 standH5975 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 and letH6544 downH6544 the hair of the woman’sH802 headH7218, and placeH5414 the grain offeringH4503 of reminderH2146 1in her handsH3709, that is, the grain offeringH4503 of jealousyH7068; and in the handH3027 of the priestH3548 is to be the waterH4325 of bitternessH4751 that bringsH779 aH779 curseH779. 19And the priestH3548 shall have her takeH7650 anH7650 oathH7650 and shall sayH559 to the womanH802, “IfH518 noH3808 manH376 has hadH7901 sexualH7901 relationsH7901 with you and ifH518 you have not 2goneH7847 astrayH7847 into uncleannessH2932, as you are underH8478 the authority of your husbandH376, beH5352 3immuneH5352 to thisH428 waterH4325 of bitternessH4751 that bringsH779 aH779 curseH779; 20ifH3588, however, you have 4goneH7847 astrayH7847, though underH8478 the authority of your husbandH376, and ifH3588 you have defiledH2930 yourself and a manH376 otherH1107 thanH1107 your husbandH376 has hadH5414H7903 sexualH5414H7903 intercourseH5414H7903 with you” 21(then the priestH3548 shall have the womanH802 5swearH7650 with the oathH7621 of the curseH423, and the priestH3548 shall sayH559 to the womanH802), “may the LordH3068 makeH5414 you a curseH423 and an oathH7621 amongH8432 your peopleH5971 by the Lord’sH3068 makingH5414 your thighH3409 6shriveledH5307 and your 7bellyH990 swollenH6639; 22and thisH428 waterH4325 that bringsH779 a curseH779 shall goH935 into your 8stomachH4578, to make your bellyH990 swellH6638 upH6638 and your thighH3409 9shrivelH5307.” And the womanH802 10shall sayH559, “AmenH543, AmenH543.”

23‘The priestH3548 shall then writeH3789 theseH428 cursesH423 on a scrollH5612, and he shall 11washH4229 them offH4229 into the waterH4325 of bitternessH4751. 24Then he shall makeH8248 the womanH802 drinkH8248 the waterH4325 of bitternessH4751 that bringsH779 a curseH779, so that the waterH4325 which bringsH779 a curseH779 will goH935 into her 12and cause bitternessH4751. 25And the priestH3548 shall takeH3947 the grain offeringH4503 of jealousyH7068 from the woman’sH802 handH3027, and he shall waveH5130 the grain offeringH4503 beforeH6440 the LordH3068 and bringH7126 it to the altarH4196; 26and 13the priestH3548 shall takeH7061 aH7061 handfulH7061 of the grain offeringH4503 as its reminderH234 offeringH234 and offerH6999 it upH6999 inH6999 smokeH6999 on the altarH4196, and afterwardH310 he shall makeH8248 the womanH802 drinkH8248 the waterH4325. 27When he has madeH8248 her drinkH8248 the waterH4325, then it will comeH1961 aboutH1961, ifH518 she has defiledH2930 herself and has beenH4603 unfaithfulH4603H4604 to her husbandH376, that the waterH4325 which bringsH779 a curseH779 will goH935 into her 14and cause bitternessH4751, and her bellyH990 will swellH6638 upH6638 and her thighH3409 will 15shrivelH5307, and the womanH802 will becomeH1961 16a curseH423 amongH7130 her peopleH5971.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 5:18 Lit on her palms ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 5:19 Num 5:12 ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 5:19 Lit free from ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 5:20 Num 5:12 ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 5:21 Josh 6:26; 1 Sam 14:24; Neh 10:29 ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 5:21 Lit collapsed ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 5:21 Possibly the womb, and so throughout the ch ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 5:22 Or inward parts ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 5:22 Lit collapse ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 5:22 Deut 27:15 ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 5:23 Lit wipe ↩
  12. 12. Numbers 5:24 Lit for bitterness ↩
  13. 13. Numbers 5:26 Lev 2:2, 9 ↩
  14. 14. Numbers 5:27 Lit for bitterness ↩
  15. 15. Numbers 5:27 Lit collapse ↩
  16. 16. Numbers 5:27 Jer 29:18; 42:18; 44:12 ↩

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