Numbers 5:24
Good News Translation
Before he makes the woman drink the water, which may then cause her bitter pain,

New Revised Standard Version
He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter her and cause bitter pain.

Contemporary English Version
so that when the woman drinks this water, the curses will enter her body.

New American Bible
and he will have the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water that brings a curse may enter into her to her bitter hurt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall give them her to drink. And when she hath drunk them up,

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And he shall give them her to drink. And when she hath drunk them up,

Zechariah 5:3,4 And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it. . . .

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Context
The Adultery Test
23And 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, 24And he shall give them her to drink. And when she hath drunk them up,25The priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall elevate it before the Lord, and shall put it upon the altar: yet so as first,…
Cross References
Numbers 5:23
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,

Numbers 5:25
The priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall elevate it before the Lord, and shall put it upon the altar: yet so as first,

Numbers 5:23
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