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Numbers 5:22
New English Translation
Numbers 5:22
New English Translation
22 and this water that causes the curse will go[a] into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.”[b] Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.”[c]
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- Numbers 5:22 tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.
- Numbers 5:22 tn Heb “fall away.”
- Numbers 5:22 tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.
Numbers 5:22
New International Version
Numbers 5:22
New International Version
22 May this water(A) that brings a curse(B) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.(C)”
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