Numbers 5:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ After the priest has the woman stand before the Lord, he is to let down her hair  and place in her hands the grain offering for remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and let the hair of the woman's head hang loose, and put the meal offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy and suspicion offering. And the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings the curse.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The priest will make the woman stand before the LORD, let the hair of the woman hang down, and place the grain offering for recognition, that is, the grain offering for jealousy, in her hands. The water of bitterness that brings the curse will be in the hands of the priest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And while the woman stands before the Lord, he shall uncover her head, and he shall place over her hands the sacrifice of recollection and oblation of jealousy. But he shall take hold of the most bitter waters, in which he has gathered curses with loathing.

Numbers 5:18 Cross References

Proverbs 5:4

in the end she’s as bitter as wormwood and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

And I find more bitter than death  the woman who is a trap:  her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Isaiah 38:17

Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognise  how evil and bitter  it is for you to abandon the  Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.

Leviticus 13:45

‘The person who has a case of serious skin disease is to have his clothes torn  and his hair hanging loose, and he must cover his mouth  and cry out, “Unclean, unclean! ”

Numbers 5:15

then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two litres  of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance to draw attention to guilt.

Numbers 5:17

Then the priest is to take holy water in a clay bowl, take some of the dust from the tabernacle floor, and put it in the water.

Numbers 5:19

The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, “If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

Numbers 5:22

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.”

1 Corinthians 11:15

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?  For her hair is given to her  as a covering.

1 Corinthians 11:6

For if a woman doesn’t cover her head, she should have her hair cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her head be covered.

Deuteronomy 29:18

Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be honoured by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

1 Samuel 15:32

Samuel said, ‘Bring me King Agag of Amalek.’ Agag came to him trembling,  for he thought, ‘Certainly the bitterness of death has come.’  ,