Numbers 5:23 KJV
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
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- The trial of jealousyThis law would make the women of Israel watch against giving cause for suspicion. On the other hand, it would hinder the cruel treatment such suspicions...
Thompson Chains
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Cross References
- Exodus 17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
- Deuteronomy 31:19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
- Job 31:35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
- Psalms 51:1 <To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.> Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
- Isaiah 43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- Jeremiah 51:60–64 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. …
- Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
- 1 Corinthians 16:21–22 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. …
- Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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Topics
- Adultery Penalties for Adultery
- Bitter water A ceremonial water used by the priest
- Husband General scriptures concerning Husband
- Jealousy Law concerning, when husband is jealous for his wife
- Oath Unclassified scriptures relating to Oath
- Priest To act as magistrates
- Self-incrimination General scriptures concerning Self-incrimination
- Wife Unfaithful
- Women When jealously charged with infidelity, their guilt or innocence was to be determined by an ordeal
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And the priest הַכֹּהֵן hakkōhēn כֹּהֵן Noun · masculine singular · with the
- shall write וְכָתַב wĕkātab כָּתַב Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- these curses אֶת ʾet Object marker הָאָלֹת hāʾālōt אָלָה Noun · feminine plural · with the הָאֵלֶּה hāʾēllê Pronoun · with the
- in a book בַּסֵּפֶר bassēper סֵפֶר Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- and he shall blot וּמָחָה ûmāḥâ מָחָה Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- out with the bitter הַמָּרִים hammārîm מַר Adjective · masculine plural · with the
- water אֶל ʾel Preposition מֵי mê מַיִם Noun · masculine plural construct
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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