Numbers 5:23
And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;
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In The King James Version
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
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Cross References
Exodus 17:14And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.
2 Chronicles 34:24These are the words of the Lord: See, I will send evil on this place and on its people, even all the curses in the book which they have been reading before the king of Judah;
Psalms 51:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.\
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
Jeremiah 51:60And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.
1 Corinthians 16:21I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.
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 →