Numbers 5:24

And he shall cause the isha to drink the mei hamarim hame'ararim; and the mayim hame'ararim shall enter into her, and become bitter.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 kohen shall write these alot (curses) on a sefer, and he shall wash them into the mei hamarim;

25Then the kohen shall take the minchat hakena'ot out of the yad haisha, and shall wave the minchah before Hashem, and offer it upon the Mizbe'ach:

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Cross References

Zechariah 5:3Then said he unto me: 1 This is ha'alah (the curse) that goeth forth 1 over the face of kol ha'aretz; 1 for every ganav that stealeth 1 shall be purged out + 5:3 i.e., banished according to what it says on one side of the megillah; 1 and every perjurer that sweareth falsely 1 shall be purged out according to what it says on the other side. + 5:3 Ex 20:7,15 1

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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