Numbers 5:23
ContextNET © | “‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. 1 |
NIV © | "‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water. |
NASB © | ‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness. |
NLT © | Then the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water. |
MSG © | "The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash the words off into the bitter water. |
BBE © | And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water; |
NRSV © | Then the priest shall put these curses in writing, and wash them off into the water of bitterness. |
NKJV © | ‘Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into the bitter water. |
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LXXM | epikatarwmenou {V-PMPGS} |
NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | “‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn The words written on the scroll were written with a combination of ingredients mixed into an ink. The idea is probably that they would have been washed or flaked off into the water, so that she drank the words of the curse – it became a part of her being. |