Numbers 5:27 “When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and b…”

Numbers 5:27

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

World English Bible

When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away; and the woman will be a curse among her people.

American Standard Version

And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Geneva Bible 1599

When yee haue made her drinke the water, (if she bee defiled and haue trespassed against her husband) then shall the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, enter into her, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be accursed among her people.

Darby Translation

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

Young's Literal Translation

yea, he hath caused her to drink the water, and it hath come to pass, if she hath been defiled, and doth commit a trespass against her husband, that the waters which cause the curse have gone into her for bitter things, and her belly hath swelled, and her thigh hath fallen, and the woman hath become an execration in the midst of her people.

Bible in Basic English

And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

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Cross references

“if she be defiled”

Numbers 5:20 Proverbs 5:4–11 Ecclesiastes 7:26 Romans 6:21 2 Corinthians 2:16 Hebrews 10:26–30

Numbers 5:20 · BSB

But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

Proverbs 5:4–11 · 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.

Romans 6:21 · BSB

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

2 Corinthians 2:16 · BSB

To the one we are an odor that brings death, to the other a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

Hebrews 10:26–30 · BSB

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

“the woman”

Jeremiah 29:18 Jeremiah 42:18 Zechariah 8:13 Deuteronomy 28:37 Isaiah 65:15 Jeremiah 24:9

Jeremiah 29:18 · BSB

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

Jeremiah 42:18 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object…

Zechariah 8:13 · BSB

As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Isaiah 65:15 · BSB

You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Also

Jeremiah 44:12

Jeremiah 44:12 · BSB

And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest,…

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

In context

26Then 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.

28But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.

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