Numbers 5:23
King James Version (KJV)
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
In context
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an 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 rot, and thy belly to swell;
22 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.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
24 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.
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
Numbers 5:23 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: