Numbers 5:17

And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;

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In The King James Version

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

In Context

16And the priest will make her come near and put her before the Lord;

18And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

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Cross References

Exodus 30:18You are to make a brass washing-vessel, with a brass base; and put it between the Tent of meeting and the altar, with water in it;

Job 2:12And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Lamentations 3:29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.

John 8:8And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 5:12-31

The Bitter Water of Jealousy. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of… Read the whole commentary →

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