When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognise him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
Numbers 5:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognise him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
‘Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
Lord, the hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. All who turn away from me will be written in the dirt, for they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living water.
‘The priest is to bring her forward and make her stand before the Lord.
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.
They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him. Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.