Numbers 5:17

God's Word

Then the priest will take holy water in a piece of pottery and put some dust from the floor of the tent into the water.

Cross References

Job 2:12

When they saw him from a distance, they didn’t even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept, and each of them tore his own clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.

Exodus 30:18

“Make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water.

Jeremiah 17:13

O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water.

Lamentations 3:29

They should put their mouths in the dust. Maybe a reason to hope exists.

Numbers 5:16

“The priest will have the woman come forward and stand in the Lord’s presence.

Numbers 5:18

The priest will bring the woman into the Lord’s presence and loosen her hair. In her hands he will put the offering used for a confession (that is, the grain offering brought because of the husband’s jealousy). The priest will hold in his hands the bitter water that can bring a curse.

John 8:6

They asked this to test him. They wanted to find a reason to bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and used his finger to write on the ground.

John 8:8

Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.