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Numbers 5:21-23
New American Standard Bible 1995
Numbers 5:21-23
New American Standard Bible 1995
21 (then the priest shall have the woman (A)swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lord’s making your thigh [a]waste away and your abdomen swell; 22 and this water that brings a curse shall go into your [b]stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh [c]waste away.” And the woman (B)shall say, “Amen. Amen.”
23 ‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall [d]wash them off into the water of bitterness.
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- Numbers 5:21 Lit fall
- Numbers 5:22 Or inward parts
- Numbers 5:22 Lit fall
- Numbers 5:23 Lit wipe
Numbers 5:21-23
New International Version
Numbers 5:21-23
New International Version
21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse(A)—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[a] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water(B) that brings a curse(C) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.(D)”
23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll(E) and then wash them off into the bitter water.
Footnotes
- Numbers 5:21 That is, may he cause your name to be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, may others see that you are cursed; similarly in verse 27.
Numbers 5:21-23
King James Version
Numbers 5:21-23
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;
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
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