Numbers 5:23
And the kohen shall write these alot (curses) on a sefer, and he shall wash them into the mei hamarim;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Exodus 17:14And Hashem said unto Moshe, Write this for a zikaron (memorial, remembering) in a sefer, and rehearse it in the ears of Yehoshua; for I will utterly efface the memory of Amalek from under Shomayim.
2 Chronicles 34:24Thus saith Hashem, Hinei, I will bring ra'ah upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the alot (curses) that are written in the Sefer which they have read in the presence of Melech Yehudah,
Psalms 51:1(For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid.
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am He that blotteth out 1 thy peysha'im for Mine own sake, 1 and will not remember thy chattot. 1
Jeremiah 51:60So Yirmeyah wrote in a sefer all the ra'ah that should come upon Bavel, even all these devarim that are written against Bavel.
1 Corinthians 16:21this greeting with my own hand, sha'ul.
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 →