Numbers 5:23
Context5:23 “‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. 1
Numbers 7:11
Context7:11 For the Lord said to Moses, “They must present their offering, one leader for each day, 2 for the dedication of the altar.”
Numbers 20:23
Context20:23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said:
[5:23] 1 sn The words written on the scroll were written with a combination of ingredients mixed into an ink. The idea is probably that they would have been washed or flaked off into the water, so that she drank the words of the curse – it became a part of her being.
[7:11] 2 tn The distributive sense is achieved by repetition: “one leader for the day, one leader for the day.”





