Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out + 5:23 Gr. in.with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.

Brenton Septuagint

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:

In Context

22and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.

24And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:14And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and + 17:14 Gr. give.speak this in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from + 17:14 Gr. the part under heaven.under heaven.

2 Chronicles 34:24Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, even all the words that are written in the book that was read before the king of Juda:

Psalms 51:1For the end, a Psalm of + 51:1 Gr. governing.instruction by David,

Isaiah 43:25+ 43:25 Gr. I am, I am.I, even I, am he that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and thy sins; and I will not remember them.

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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