the Lord says, ‘I will bring trouble to this place and to the people living here. I will bring all the terrible things that are written in the book that was read in front of the king of Judah.
Numbers 5:23 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version “The priest should write these warnings on a scroll. Then he should wash the words off into the water. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The priest shall then write these curses in a book and shall wash them off into the water of bitterness; American Standard Version (1901) And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness: Common English Bible The priest will write these curses in the scroll and wipe them off into the water of bitterness. Catholic Public Domain Version And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon which he hath heaped the curses. |
the Lord says, ‘I will bring trouble to this place and to the people living here. I will bring all the terrible things that are written in the book that was read in front of the king of Judah.
“How I wish someone would listen to me! I will sign my name to all I have said. Now let God All-Powerful answer me. Let him make a list of what he thinks I did wrong.
God, be merciful to me because of your faithful love. Because of your great compassion, erase all the wrongs I have done.
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write about this battle. Write these things in a book so that people will remember what happened here. And be sure to tell Joshua that I will completely destroy the Amalekites from the earth.”
“I, I am the one who wipes away all your sins. I do this to please myself. I will not remember your sins.
Your sins were like a big cloud, but I wiped them all away. Your sins are gone, like a cloud that disappeared into thin air. I rescued and protected you, so come back to me.”
The priest must say, ‘You must drink this water that causes trouble. If you have sinned, you will not be able to have children. Any baby you have will die before it is born.’ And the woman should say, ‘I agree to do as you say.’
Then the woman must drink the water that brings trouble. This water will enter her and, if she is guilty, it will cause her much suffering.
So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.
“So write down this song, and teach it to the Israelites. Teach them to sing this song. Then this song will be a witness for me against the Israelites.
And I saw those who had died, great and small, standing before the throne. Some books were opened. And another book was opened—the book of life. The people were judged by what they had done, which is written in the books.