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So be it.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your womb to shrivel.’ And the woman will be required to say, ‘Yes, let it be so.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />May this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />May 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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make <i>thy</i> belly to swell, and <i>thy</i> thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and may this water that causes the curse go into your stomach, and make <i>your</i> belly swell and <i>your</i> thigh rot.” ‘Then the woman shall say, “Amen, so be it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, to make your belly swell up and your thigh shrivel.” And the woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away.&#8221 And the woman shall say, &#8220Amen. Amen.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away.” And the woman shall say, “Amen. Amen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and this water that brings curses shall go into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh fall away.” And the woman shall say, “Amen. Amen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away.” And the woman shall say, “Amen. Amen (so let it be).”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing your belly to swell and your womb to shrivel.’ “And the woman will reply, ‘Amen, Amen.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.&#8217&#8221 And the woman must reply, &#8216Amen, Amen.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away: and the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />'May this water that can bring a curse go into your body and make your stomach swell and your uterus drop!' "Then the woman will say, 'Amen, amen!'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />May this water enter your stomach and cause it to swell up and your genital organs to shrink." The woman shall respond, "I agree; may the LORD do so." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse enters your abdomen, making it swell and your thigh waste away.' "Then the woman is to say 'Amen.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot." Then the woman must say, "Amen, amen." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.' The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to perish. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />May 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.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and these waters which cause the curse have gone into your bowels to cause the belly to swell and the thigh to fall; and the woman has said, Amen, Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the waters causing the curse shall come into thy bowels, and cause thy belly to come forth, and thy thigh to fall. And the woman said, Amen, amen.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly, and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot. And the woman shall answer, Amen, amen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />May the cursed waters enter into your stomach, and may your womb swell and your thigh rot.’ And the woman shall respond: ‘Amen, amen.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />May this water, then, that brings a curse, enter your bowels to make your belly swell and your uterus fall!” And the woman shall say, “Amen, amen!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />now may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels and make your womb discharge, your uterus drop!” And the woman shall say, “Amen. Amen.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And this water of testing shall go into your belly and make your belly to swell and your thighs to rot; and the woman shall say, Amen, amen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these testing waters shall enter your belly and they shall swell your fountains and they shall rot your thighs”, and that woman shall say, "Amen, Amen.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/5-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=1656" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/5.htm">The Adultery Test</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">May this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ham·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">water</a> <a href="/hebrew/779.htm" title="779: ham·’ā·rə·rîm (Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To curse. A primitive root; to execrate.">that brings a curse</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ḇā·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/4578.htm" title="4578: bə·mê·‘a·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Internal organs, inward parts, belly. ">your stomach</a> <a href="/hebrew/990.htm" title="990: be·ṭen (N-fs) -- From an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything.">and cause your belly</a> <a href="/hebrew/6638.htm" title="6638: laṣ·bō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To swell, swell up. A primitive root; to amass, i.e. Grow turgid; specifically, to array an army against.">to swell</a> <a href="/hebrew/3409.htm" title="3409: yā·rêḵ (N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh; by euphem. The generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side.">and your thigh</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·lan·pil (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">to shrivel.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: hā·’iš·šāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">Then the woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mə·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">is to say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/543.htm" title="543: ’ā·mên (Adv) -- Verily, truly. From 'aman; sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly.">‘Amen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/543.htm" title="543: ’ā·mên (Adv) -- Verily, truly. From 'aman; sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly.">Amen.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Leviticus 20:10</a></span><br />If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-4.htm">Proverbs 5:4</a></span><br />in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-18.htm">Jeremiah 29:18</a></span><br />I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-29.htm">1 Corinthians 11:29-30</a></span><br />For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. / That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Psalm 109:18-19</a></span><br />The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil. / May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-18.htm">2 Chronicles 21:18-19</a></span><br />After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. / This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13</a></span><br />Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. / In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-22.htm">Revelation 2:22-23</a></span><br />Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds. / Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Isaiah 3:24</a></span><br />Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-14.htm">Hosea 9:14</a></span><br />Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1-5</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife. / And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this? / Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And this water that causes the curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly to swell, and your thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.</p><p class="hdg">go into</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Numbers 5:27</a></b></br> And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, <i>that</i>, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, <i>and become</i> bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Psalm 109:18</a></b></br> As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Proverbs 1:31</a></b></br> Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.</p><p class="hdg">the woman</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Deuteronomy 27:15-26</a></b></br> Cursed <i>be</i> the man that maketh <i>any</i> graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth <i>it</i> in <i>a</i> secret <i>place</i>. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/31-21.htm">Job 31:21,22,39,40</a></b></br> If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/7-4.htm">Psalm 7:4,5</a></b></br> If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) … </p><p class="hdg">Amen</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/41-13.htm">Psalm 41:13</a></b></br> Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Psalm 72:19</a></b></br> And blessed <i>be</i> his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled <i>with</i> his glory; Amen, and Amen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/89-52.htm">Psalm 89:52</a></b></br> Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Abdomen</a> <a href="/revelation/22-21.htm">Amen</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Body</a> <a href="/genesis/43-30.htm">Bowels</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/numbers/5-19.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/numbers/4-47.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-23.htm">Legs</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Rot</a> <a href="/revelation/12-11.htm">Shrink</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-16.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Swell</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Swells</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Thigh</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/mark/9-18.htm">Wastes</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-46.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Abdomen</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Amen</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Body</a> <a href="/ruth/1-11.htm">Bowels</a> <a href="/numbers/5-24.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/numbers/5-24.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/numbers/5-24.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/numbers/5-24.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/numbers/5-24.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Legs</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Rot</a> <a href="/nahum/3-7.htm">Shrink</a> <a href="/numbers/25-8.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Swell</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Swells</a> <a href="/numbers/5-27.htm">Thigh</a> <a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/3-14.htm">Wastes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/numbers/5-23.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-1.htm">The unclean are removed out of camp</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-5.htm">Restitution is to be made in trespass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/5-11.htm">The trial of jealously</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>May this water that brings a curse</b><br>This phrase refers to the ritual of the "bitter water" described in <a href="/numbers/5.htm">Numbers 5</a>, which was part of the test for a woman accused of adultery. The water was mixed with dust from the tabernacle floor, symbolizing the holiness and judgment of God. The concept of a curse in the Bible often signifies divine judgment or punishment for sin, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. This ritual underscores the seriousness of marital fidelity and the sanctity of marriage in Israelite society.<p><b>enter your stomach</b><br>The act of drinking the water signifies internalization of the judgment. In biblical symbolism, the stomach or belly often represents the innermost being or the seat of emotions and desires. This reflects the idea that sin affects the whole person, not just outward actions. The internalization of the curse highlights the personal nature of sin and its consequences.<p><b>and cause your belly to swell</b><br>The swelling of the belly is a physical manifestation of the curse, serving as a visible sign of guilt. In the ancient Near East, physical symptoms were often seen as direct results of spiritual or moral failings. This reflects the biblical principle that sin has tangible consequences, as seen in the curses of <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a>.<p><b>and your thigh to shrivel</b><br>The shriveling of the thigh is another physical sign of the curse, possibly indicating infertility or a loss of strength. In biblical times, fertility was highly valued, and barrenness was often seen as a curse or divine disfavor, as in the stories of Sarah and Hannah. This aspect of the curse underscores the social and personal ramifications of sin.<p><b>Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’</b><br>The repetition of "Amen" signifies agreement and acceptance of the terms of the test. "Amen" is a Hebrew word meaning "truly" or "so be it," used throughout the Bible to express assent to God's will, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Deuteronomy 27:15-26</a>. This response indicates the woman's submission to the divine judgment and her acknowledgment of God's authority.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_woman.htm">The Woman</a></b><br>In this passage, the woman is the subject of the test for marital unfaithfulness. She is brought before the priest to undergo a ritual that determines her guilt or innocence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priest.htm">The Priest</a></b><br>The priest acts as the mediator in this ritual, administering the oath and the bitter water that brings a curse if the woman is guilty.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bitter_water.htm">The Bitter Water</a></b><br>This is a concoction used in the ritual to test the woman's faithfulness. It symbolizes divine judgment and is believed to cause physical manifestations if the woman is guilty.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The setting for this event, where the presence of God dwells among the Israelites, and where the priest performs the ritual.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_husband.htm">The Husband</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, the husband is the one who brings the accusation of unfaithfulness, prompting the ritual.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_marital_fidelity.htm">The Seriousness of Marital Fidelity</a></b><br>The ritual underscores the importance of faithfulness in marriage, reflecting God's covenant relationship with His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Role of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>The ritual serves as a reminder that God is the ultimate judge of human hearts and actions, and His justice is perfect.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_confession_and_agreement.htm">The Power of Confession and Agreement</a></b><br>The woman's response, "Amen, Amen," signifies agreement with God's judgment, highlighting the importance of acknowledging God's authority in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_and_mediation.htm">The Importance of Community and Mediation</a></b><br>The involvement of the priest and the community in resolving accusations points to the need for accountability and mediation in maintaining relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_mercy_and_repentance.htm">The Call to Mercy and Repentance</a></b><br>While the ritual is about judgment, it also points to the need for mercy and the opportunity for repentance, as seen in the broader biblical account.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_numbers_5_trial_by_ordeal.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that this trial by ordeal was actually used (Numbers 5)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_balak_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Balak in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_numbers_5_about_an_abortion_ritual.htm">Does Numbers 5 describe a ritual related to abortion?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_nontheism_mean.htm">What is the ritual for suspected adultery in Numbers?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Into</span> <span class="cmt_word">thy bowels.</span> Cf. <a href="/psalms/109-18.htm">Psalm 109:18</a>. <span class="greek">Αἰς τὴν κοιλίαν σου</span>, Septuagint. It has been thought that these symptoms belonged to some known disease, such as dropsy (Josephus, <span class="accented">Ant.,'</span> 3:11, 6), or ovarian dropsy. But it is clear that the whole matter was outside the range of the known and of the natural. An innocent woman may suffer from dropsy, or any form of it; but this was a wholly peculiar infliction by direct visitation of God. The principle which underlay the infliction was, however, clear: <span class="greek">δἰ ῶν γὰρ ἡ ἁμαρτία διὰ τούτων ἡ τιμωρία</span> - the organs of sin are the seat of the plague. <span class="cmt_word">Amen, amen.</span> Doubled here, as in the Gospel of John. The woman was to accept (if she dared) the awful ordeal and appeal to God by this response; if she dared not, she pronounced herself guilty. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/5-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">May this</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">water</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּ֨יִם</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that brings a curse</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמְאָרְרִ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(ham·’ā·rə·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_779.htm">Strong's 779: </a> </span><span class="str2">To execrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">enter</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֠בָאוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your stomach</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּֽמֵעַ֔יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mê·‘a·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4578.htm">Strong's 4578: </a> </span><span class="str2">The intestines, the abdomen, sympathy, a vest, the stomach, the uterus, the heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cause your belly</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּ֖טֶן</span> <span class="translit">(be·ṭen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_990.htm">Strong's 990: </a> </span><span class="str2">The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to swell</span><br /><span class="heb">לַצְבּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(laṣ·bō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6638.htm">Strong's 6638: </a> </span><span class="str2">To amass, grow turgid, to array an army against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your thigh</span><br /><span class="heb">יָרֵ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3409.htm">Strong's 3409: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thigh,loin, flank, side</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to shrivel.’</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַנְפִּ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lan·pil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then the woman</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאִשָּׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is to say,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָמְרָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·mə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘Amen,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמֵ֥ן ׀</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_543.htm">Strong's 543: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sure, faithfulness, truly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Amen.’</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמֵֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_543.htm">Strong's 543: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sure, faithfulness, truly</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/5-22.htm">Numbers 5:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/5-22.htm">OT Law: Numbers 5:22 And this water that brings a curse (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/5-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 5:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 5:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/5-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 5:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 5:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>