Numbers 5:17 - New International Version (Anglicised)

Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King 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.

Numbers 5:17 Tagairtí Cros

Job 2:12

When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognise him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Exodus 30:18

‘Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are the hope of Israel; all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the Lord, the spring of living water.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him bury his face in the dust – there may yet be hope.

Numbers 5:16

‘ “The priest shall bring her and make her stand before the Lord.

Numbers 5:18

After the priest has made the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.

John 8:6

They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger.

John 8:8

Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.