NUMBERS 5:24

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.”

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Numbers 5:24 Translation & Meaning

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And he shall cause אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) cause
the woman הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה A woman woman
to drink וְהִשְׁקָה֙ To quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to drink
the bitter הַמָּרִ֖ים Bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly bitter
water מֵ֥י Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen water
that causeth the curse: הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים To execrate causeth curse
and the water הַמַּ֥יִם Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen water
that causeth the curse הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים To execrate causeth curse
shall enter וּבָ֥אוּ To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) enter
into her, bitter. לְמָרִֽים׃ Bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly bitter
and become (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)

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  • 22  And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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

  • 24  And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

  • 25  Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:

  • 26  And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.




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