Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses, "
— Numbers 5:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:”
“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness: ”
“"'The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.”
““‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.”
“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,”
“And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;”
“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:”
But if you have turned away from your husband, and also have been defiled, and have lain together with another man,
these curses shall be thrown upon you: May the Lord turn you into a curse and an example among all his people. May he cause your thigh to rot, and may your abdomen swell up and burst out.
May the cursed waters enter into your stomach, and may your womb swell and your thigh rot.’ And the woman shall respond: ‘Amen, amen.’
And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses,
and he shall give it to her to drink. And when she has emptied it,
the priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and he shall elevate it before the Lord, and he shall impose it upon the altar. Yet only after he first
takes a handful of the sacrifice from that which is offered, and burns it upon the altar, and then he may give the most bitter waters to the woman as a drink.