Numbers 5:24 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 5:24

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

BSB

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ASV

and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The bitter water that causeth the curse - Though the rabbins think that the priest put some bitter substance in the water, yet as nothing of the kind is intimated by Moses, we may consider the word as used here metaphorically for affliction, death, etc. These waters were afflicting and deadly to her who drank them, being guilty. In this sense afflictions are said to be bitter, Isa 38:17; so also is death, 1Sa 15:32: Ecc 7:26.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהִשְׁקָה֙	ve.hish.Kah	and he will make drink	H8248 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֵ֥י	mei	[the] waters of	H4325 →
הַמָּרִ֖ים	ha.ma.Rim	<the> bitter [things]	H4751 →
הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים	ham.'a.ra.Rim	which bring a curse	H779 →
וּבָ֥אוּ	u.Va.'u	and they will go	H935 →
בָ֛הּ	vah	in <the> her
הַמַּ֥יִם	ha.Ma.yim	the waters	H4325 →
הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים	ham.'a.ra.Rim	which bring a curse	H779 →
לְמָרִֽים׃	le.ma.Rim	to bitter [things]	H4751 →

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Through
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Numbers