Numbers 5:23New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Then shall the priest write these curses in a scroll,—and wipe them out into the deadly water;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And 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,
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— After, the Priest shal write these curses in a booke, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the Priest shall write these curses in a booke, and hee shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot out the writing in the water of testing;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the water of the conviction that brings the curse.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water: |
And the priest
3548 {3548} Primeכֹּהֵןkohen{ko-hane'}
Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).
shall write
3789 {3789} Primeכָּתַבkathab{kaw-thab'}
A primitive root; to grave; by implication to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
these
x428 (0428) Complementאֵלֶּה'el-leh{ale'-leh}
Prolonged from H0411; these or those.
x853 (0853) Complementאֵת'eth{ayth}
Apparently contracted from H0226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely).
curses
423 {0423} Primeאָלָה'alah{aw-law'}
From H0422; an imprecation.
in a book,
5612 {5612} Primeסֵפֶרcepher{say'-fer}
From H5608; properly writing (the art or a document); by implication a book.
and he shall blot
y4229 [4229] Standardמָחָהmachah{maw-khaw'}
A primitive root; properly to stroke or rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), that is, grease or make fat; also to touch, that is, reach to.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
[ them] out
x4229 (4229) Complementמָחָהmachah{maw-khaw'}
A primitive root; properly to stroke or rub; by implication to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), that is, grease or make fat; also to touch, that is, reach to.
with
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
the bitter
4751 {4751} Primeמַרmar{mar}
From H4843; bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly.
water:
4325 {4325} Primeמַיִםmayim{mah'-yim}
Dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively juice; by euphemism urine, semen. |
Numbers 5:23-24
_ _ write these curses in a book — The imprecations, along with her name, were inscribed in some kind of record — on parchment, or more probably on a wooden tablet.
_ _ blot them out with the bitter water — If she were innocent, they could be easily erased, and were perfectly harmless; but if guilty, she would experience the fatal effects of the water she had drunk. |
Numbers 5:23
In a book — That is, in a scroll of parchment, which the Hebrews commonly call a book. Blot them out — Or scrape them out and cast them into the bitter water. Whereby it was signified, that if she was innocent, the curses should be blotted out and come to nothing; and, if she were guilty, she should find in her the effects of this water which she drank, after the words of this curse had been scraped and put in. |
Numbers 5:23
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall (m) blot [them] out with the bitter water:
(m) Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel. |
- write these:
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.
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. ... And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah.
1 Corinthians 16:21-22 The salutation of [me] Paul with mine own hand. ... If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
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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- blot:
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.
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;
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