Numbers 5:23 “And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off…”

Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

World English Bible

“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.

American Standard Version

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

Geneva Bible 1599

After, the Priest shall write these curses in a booke, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,

Darby Translation

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,

Young's Literal Translation

'And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,

Bible in Basic English

And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

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Cross references

“write these”

Exodus 17:14 Deuteronomy 31:19 2 Chronicles 34:24 Job 31:35 Jeremiah 51:60–64 Revelation 20:12

Exodus 17:14 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

Deuteronomy 31:19 · BSB

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

2 Chronicles 34:24 · BSB

that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

Job 31:35 · BSB

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Jeremiah 51:60–64 · BSB

Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.

Revelation 20:12 · BSB

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

“blot”

Psalm 51:1 Psalm 51:9 Isaiah 43:25 Isaiah 44:22 Acts 3:19

Psalm 51:1 · BSB

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51:9 · BSB

Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

Isaiah 43:25 · BSB

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Isaiah 44:22 · BSB

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Acts 3:19 · BSB

Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

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

In context

22May 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.’

24He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.

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