King James Version (KJV)
Numbers 5:23
“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:”
Verse in context — Numbers 5
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
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.
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water:
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.
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:
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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