Numbers 5:19-21
New American Standard Bible
19 And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has had sexual relations with you and if you have not (A)gone astray into uncleanness, as you are under the authority of your husband, be [a]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse; 20 if, however, you have (B)gone astray, though under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had sexual intercourse with you” 21 (then the priest shall have the woman (C)swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “may the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lord’s making your thigh [b]shriveled and your [c]belly swollen;
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- Numbers 5:19 Lit free from
- Numbers 5:21 Lit collapsed
- Numbers 5:21 Possibly the womb, and so throughout the ch
Numbers 5:19-21
New International Version
19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray(A) and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse(B) not harm you. 20 But if you have gone astray(C) while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”— 21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse(D)—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[a] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.
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- Numbers 5:21 That is, may he cause your name to be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, may others see that you are cursed; similarly in verse 27.
Numbers 5:29
New American Standard Bible
29 ‘This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, who is under the authority of her husband, (A)goes astray and defiles herself,
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Numbers 5:29
New International Version
29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray(A) and makes herself impure while married to her husband,
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