Numbers 5:21
Then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to her,“The LORD make you an attested curse among your people, if the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;
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- Josh 6:26 : 26 At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration:“The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the LORD. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!”
- 1 Sam 14:24 : 24 Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath:“Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.
- Neh 10:29 : 29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.
- Jer 29:22 : 22 And all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use them as examples when they put a curse on anyone. They will say,“May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab whom the king of Babylon roasted to death in the fire!”
- Matt 26:74 : 74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed.
- Prov 10:7 : 7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot.
- Isa 65:15 : 15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The Sovereign LORD will kill you, but he will give his servants another name.
- 2 Chr 21:15 : 15 And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.”
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- Num 5:22-3110 verses92%
22 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.”
23 “‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.
24 He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness.
25 The priest will take the grain offering of suspicion from the woman’s hand, wave the grain offering before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
26 Then the priest will take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial portion, burn it on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water.
27 When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness– her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
28 But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.
29 “‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,
30 or when jealous feelings come over a man and he becomes suspicious of his wife; then he must have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest will carry out all this law upon her.
31 Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.’”
- Num 5:11-2010 verses82%
11 The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:
12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,
13 and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–
14 and if jealous feelings come over him and he becomes suspicious of his wife, when she is defiled; or if jealous feelings come over him and he becomes suspicious of his wife, when she is not defiled–
15 then the man must bring his wife to the priest, and he must bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he must not pour olive oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of suspicion, a grain offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16 “‘Then the priest will bring her near and have her stand before the LORD.
17 The priest will then take holy water in a pottery jar, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.
18 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.
19 Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to her,“If no other man has gone to bed with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.
20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”
- Deut 28:15-217 verses73%
15 Curses as Reversal of Blessings“But if you ignore the LORD your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.
17 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.
18 Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 Curses by Disease and Drought“The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.
21 The LORD will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess.
- Deut 27:19-235 verses72%
19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
20 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
21 ‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
22 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
23 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- 2 Chr 21:14-152 verses71%
14 So look, the LORD is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.
15 And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out.”
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35 The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils– from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
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3 The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”
- Deut 27:15-162 verses69%
15 ‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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3 Tell them that the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.
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56 Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,
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14 You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.
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13 “Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.
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15 Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,
- Deut 11:28-292 verses68%
28 and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.
29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
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6 Vows Made by Married Women“And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,
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14 accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”
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21 The LORD will single him out for judgment from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.
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9 Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.
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10 then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.