Numbers 5:17-19
1599 Geneva Bible
17 Then the Priest shall take [a]the holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust that is in the floor of the Tabernacle, even the Priest shall take it and put it into the water.
18 After the Priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of the memorial in her hands: it is the jealousy offering, and the Priest shall have bitter and [b]cursed water in his hand,
19 And the Priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, neither thou hast turned to uncleanness from thine husband, be free from this bitter and cursed water.
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- Numbers 5:17 Which also is called the water of purification or sprinkling, read Num. 19:9.
- Numbers 5:18 It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction.
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