23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:


In Context

20 But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

21 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;

22 and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

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

24 and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

25 And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it unto the altar:

Numbers 5:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:23" 'The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23|'The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: