Numbers 5:21-23
Lexham English Bible
21 the priest will make the woman swear an oath of the sworn oath of the curse, the priest will say to the woman, “May Yahweh give you a curse and a sworn oath in the midst of your people with Yahweh making[a] your hip fall away[b] and your stomach swollen; 22 and these waters that bring a curse will go into your intestines to cause your womb to swell and to make your hip fall away.”[c] And the women will say, “Amen. Amen.”
23 “‘And the priests will write these curses on the scroll, and he will wipe them off into the waters of the bitterness.
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- Numbers 5:21 Hebrew “giving”
- Numbers 5:21 Or “waste away”
- Numbers 5:22 Or “waste away”
Numbers 5:21-23
New International Version
21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse(A)—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[a] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water(B) that brings a curse(C) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.(D)”
23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll(E) and then wash them off into the bitter water.
Footnotes
- 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.
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