Numbers 5:18 “After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let dow…”

Numbers 5:18

After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

World English Bible

The priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

American Standard Version

And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

Geneva Bible 1599

After, the Priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and vncouer the womans head, and put the offring of the memorial in her hands: it is the ielousie offering, and the Priest shall haue bitter and cursed water in his hand,

Darby Translation

And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and uncover the woman's head, and put the memorial oblation in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and in the hand of the priest shall be the bitter water that bringeth the curse.

Young's Literal Translation

and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it [is] a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse.

Bible in Basic English

And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

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Cross references

“the priest”

Hebrews 13:4 Revelation 2:19–23

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Revelation 2:19–23 · BSB

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.

“uncover”

Leviticus 13:45 1 Corinthians 11:15 Hebrews 4:12 Hebrews 4:13

Leviticus 13:45 · BSB

A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

1 Corinthians 11:15 · BSB

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

Hebrews 4:12 · BSB

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:13 · BSB

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

“and put”

Numbers 5:15 Numbers 5:25 Numbers 5:26

Numbers 5:15 · BSB

then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealo…

Numbers 5:25 · BSB

The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.

Numbers 5:26 · BSB

Then the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.

“the bitter water”

Numbers 5:17 Numbers 5:22 Deuteronomy 29:18 1 Samuel 15:32 Proverbs 5:4 Ecclesiastes 7:26

Numbers 5:17 · BSB

Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

Numbers 5:22 · BSB

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

Deuteronomy 29:18 · BSB

Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous a…

1 Samuel 15:32 · BSB

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

Proverbs 5:4 · BSB

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

Also

1 Corinthians 11:6

1 Corinthians 11:6 · BSB

If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

19And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

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