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Numbers 5:18

After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

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ASV

And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

KJV

And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהֶעֱמִ֨ידve.he.'e.Midand he will make standH5975 →
הַכֹּהֵ֥ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
אֶֽת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאִשָּׁה֮ha.'i.Shahthe womanH802 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
יְהוָה֒Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וּפָרַע֙u.fa.Ra'and he will let looseH6544 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218 →
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802 →
וְנָתַ֣ןve.na.Tanand he will putH5414 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כַּפֶּ֗יהָka.Pei.hahands herH3709 →
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853 →
מִנְחַ֣תmin.Chat[the] grain offering ofH4503 →
הַזִּכָּר֔וֹןha.zi.ka.Ron<the> remembranceH2146 →
מִנְחַ֥תmin.Chat[is] a grain offering ofH4503 →
קְנָאֹ֖תke.na.'Otjealousi<es>H7068 →
הִ֑ואhi'itH1931 →
וּבְיַ֤דu.ve.Yadand in [the] hand ofH3027 →
הַכֹּהֵן֙ha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
יִהְי֔וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961 →
מֵ֥יmei[the] waters ofH4325 →
הַמָּרִ֖יםha.ma.Rim<the> bitter [things]H4751 →
הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃ham.'A.ra.Rimwhich bring a curseH779 →

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Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Proverbs 5:4in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.Deuteronomy 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,Numbers 5:24–26He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.Numbers 5:15then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.1 Samuel 15:32Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.Revelation 2:19–23I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.Leviticus 13:45A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’Numbers 5:17Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.Revelation 10:9–10And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.Hebrews 4:12–13For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Numbers 5:22May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’1 Corinthians 11:6If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. And if it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.Numbers 5:25The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.1 Corinthians 11:15but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

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