Numbers 5:17 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁷ Then the kohen is to take some holy water in a clay jar and take some dust from the floor of the Tabernacle and put it into the water.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And the priest shall take holy water [probably from the sacred laver] in an earthen vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it in the water.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The priest will take holy water in a clay jar, and taking dust from the floor of the dwelling, the priest will place it in the water.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he shall take up holy water in an earthen vessel, and he shall cast a little earth from the pavement of the tabernacle into it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel: and he shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the tabernacle into it.

Numbers 5:17 Cross References

Job 2:12

But when they saw him from a distance they did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept. Each one tore his robe and threw dust into the air onto their heads.

Exodus 30:18

“You will also make a basin of bronze with a bronze stand for washing. You are to place it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it.

Jeremiah 17:13

Adonai, You are the hope of Israel! All who forsake You will be ashamed. Those who depart from You will be written in the dirt, for they have forsaken Adonai, the fountain of living waters.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope.

Numbers 5:16

“The kohen is to bring her near and have her stand before Adonai.

Numbers 5:18

Then the kohen will have the woman stand before Adonai, loosen the woman’s hair, put into her hands the reminder offering, the offering for jealousy, while in the kohen’s own hands are the bitter waters that bring a curse.

John 8:6

Now they were saying this to trap Him, so that they would have grounds to accuse Him. But Yeshua knelt down and started writing in the dirt with His finger.

John 8:8

Then He knelt down again and continued writing on the ground.