Numbers 5:22

and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;

23And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say: Amen.

Job 31:39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —

Psalms 41:13(41-14) Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

Psalms 89:52(89-53) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

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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