Numbers 5:24

And he will give to the woman the bitter water for drink; and the bitter water causing the curse will go into her.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

25And the priest will take from her hand the meal offering of doubt, waving it before the Lord, and will take it to the altar;

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Cross References

Zechariah 5:3Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

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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