Numbers 5:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse:

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    After the woman is made to stand before the Lord, the priest will loosen her hair, place the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering for jealousy, into her hands, and hold in his hands the bitter water that brings a curse.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priest{H3548} shall set{H5975} the woman{H802} before{H6440} Jehovah,{H3068} and let the hair of the woman's{H802} head{H7218} go loose,{H6544} and put{H5414} the meal-offering{H4503} of memorial{H2146} in her hands,{H3709} which is the meal-offering{H4503} of jealousy:{H7068} and the priest{H3548} shall have in his hand{H3027} the water{H4325} of bitterness{H4751} that causeth the curse.{H779}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priest{H3548} shall set{H5975}{(H8689)} the woman{H802} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and uncover{H6544}{(H8804)} the woman's{H802} head{H7218}, and put{H5414}{(H8804)} the offering{H4503} of memorial{H2146} in her hands{H3709}, which is the jealousy{H7068} offering{H4503}: and the priest{H3548} shall have in his hand{H3027} the bitter{H4751} water{H4325} that causeth the curse{H779}{(H8764)}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And the preast shall set the wyfe before the Lorde and vncouer hir heed and put the memoryall of the offerynge in hyr handes whiche is the gelousye offerynge and ye preast shall haue bytter and cursynge water in his hande and he shall coniure her and shall saye vnto her.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And he shal set the wife before ye LORDE, and vncouer hir heade, and the offeringe of remembraunce which is an offeringe of gelousy, shall he laye vpon hir handes. And the prest shal haue in his hande bytter cursinge water, and shal coniure the wife, & saye vnto her:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    After, the Priest shal set the woman before the Lord, and vncouer the womans head, and put the offring of the memorial in her hands: it is the ielousie offering, and the Priest shall haue bitter and cursed water in his hand,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And let the priest set the woman before the Lorde, and vncouer the womans head, and put the offering of memoriall in her handes, which is the gelousie offeryng: and the priest shall haue bytter and cursed water in his hande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, 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. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it `is' a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, 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. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then the priest will have the woman stand before the LORD, uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 13:45 : 45 And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.'
  • Num 5:15 : 15 Then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
  • Num 5:17 : 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water:
  • Num 5:22 : 22 And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
  • Num 5:24-26 : 24 And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse; and the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it on the altar: 26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
  • Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you a man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears bitter poison and wormwood;
  • 1 Sam 15:32 : 32 Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately, and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
  • Prov 5:4 : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but in love for my soul, You have delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
  • 1 Cor 11:6 : 6 For if a woman is not covered, let her be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
  • Rev 2:19-23 : 19 I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
  • Rev 10:9-9 : 9 And I went to the angel and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it up; it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was bitter.
  • 1 Cor 11:15 : 15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her as a covering.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 5:19-31
    13 verses
    87%

    19 And the priest shall make her swear an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse:

    20 But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:

    21 Then the priest shall make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell;

    22 And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

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

    24 And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse; and the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

    25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it on the altar:

    26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.

    27 And when he has made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she is defiled and has broken faith with her husband, that the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall waste away, and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

    28 And if the woman is not defiled, but is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

    29 This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and defiles herself;

    30 Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD and the priest shall carry out all this law upon her.

    31 Then the man shall be free from iniquity, and the woman shall bear her iniquity.

  • Num 5:11-17
    7 verses
    86%

    11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    12 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,

    13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;

    14 And if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself:

    15 Then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

    16 And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the LORD:

    17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water:

  • 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.

  • 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his discharge.

  • Num 19:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3 And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her outside the camp, and one shall slay her before him:

    4 And Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

  • 7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has given birth to a male or a female.

  • 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy.

  • Num 6:16-21
    6 verses
    67%

    16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering:

    17 And he shall offer the ram for a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his grain offering and his drink offering.

    18 And the Nazarite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair of his consecrated head, and put it in the fire under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

    19 And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his consecration is shaved:

    20 And the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the waved breast and the heaved shoulder: and afterward the Nazarite may drink wine.

    21 This is the law of the Nazarite who has vowed, and of his offering to the LORD for his separation, besides what else his hand is able to provide: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do according to the law of his separation.

  • 67%

    14 And gives occasions of speech against her, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a virgin.

    15 Then shall the father of the young woman, and her mother, take and bring forth the evidence of the young woman's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate.

  • 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

  • 22 And whoever touches anything that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

  • 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

  • 17 And for an unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put there in a vessel:

  • Num 30:8-9
    2 verses
    65%

    8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of no effect, and the LORD shall forgive her.

    9 But every vow of a widow, and of her who is divorced, by which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

  • 15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out at the side of the altar:

  • 6 And if she had a husband when she vowed, or uttered anything out of her lips with which she bound her soul,

  • 14 And if a man eats of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing.

  • 3 If a woman also makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth,

  • 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • 20 But if this thing is true, and the evidence of virginity is not found for the young woman,

  • 18 The woman also with whom a man lies with seed of emission, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • 10 Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

  • 12 But if her husband has utterly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the LORD shall forgive her.