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Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

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ASV

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

KJV

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

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10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְ֠כָתַבVe.kha.tavand he will writeH3789 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָלֹ֥תha.'a.Lotthe cursesH423 →
הָאֵ֛לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
בַּסֵּ֑פֶרba.Se.feron the scrollH5612 →
וּמָחָ֖הu.ma.Chahand he will wipe [them] offH4229 →
אֶל־'el-intoH413 →
מֵ֥יmei[the] waters ofH4325 →
הַמָּרִֽים׃ha.ma.Rim<the> bitter [things]H4751 →

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Colossians 2:14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!Psalms 51:9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.1 Corinthians 16:21–22This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.2 Chronicles 34:24that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.Jeremiah 51:60–64Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

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