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Numbers 5:22-24
New International Version
Numbers 5:22-24
New International Version
22 May this water(A) that brings a curse(B) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.(C)”
23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll(D) and then wash them off into the bitter water. 24 He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her.
Numbers 5:22-24
King James Version
Numbers 5:22-24
King James Version
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:
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
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Numbers 5:22-24
English Standard Version
Numbers 5:22-24
English Standard Version
22 May this water that brings the curse (A)pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, (B)‘Amen, Amen.’
23 “Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness. 24 And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain.
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