Numbers 5:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.”
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“And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted <FI>them<Fi> out with the bitter waters,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 5:23 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:24that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
- Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 51:9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
- Isaiah 43:25I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Isaiah 44:22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Jeremiah 51:60Jeremiah had written on a single scroll about all the disaster that would come upon Babylon—all these words that had been written concerning Babylon.
- Acts 3:19Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- 1 Corinthians 16:21This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.
- Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
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