Numbers 5:23

NETBible

“‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. 1 

NIV ©

"‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.

NASB ©

‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.

NLT ©

Then the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.

MSG ©

"The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash the words off into the bitter water.

BBE ©

And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;

NRSV ©

Then the priest shall put these curses in writing, and wash them off into the water of bitterness.

NKJV ©

‘Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall scrape them off into the bitter water.

KJV
And the priest
<03548>
shall write
<03789> (8804)
these curses
<0423>
in a book
<05612>_,
and he shall blot
<04229> (8804)
[them] out with the bitter
<04751>
water
<04325>_:
NASB ©
'The priest
<3548>
shall then write
<3789>
these
<428>
curses
<423>
on a scroll
<5612>
, and he shall wash
<4229>
them off
<4229>
into the water
<4325>
of bitterness
<4751>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
graqei
<1125> 
V-FAI-3S
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
iereuv
<2409> 
N-NSM
tav
<3588> 
T-APF
arav
<685> 
N-APF
tautav
<3778> 
D-APF
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
biblion
<975> 
N-ASN
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
exaleiqei
<1813> 
V-FAI-3S
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
to
<3588> 
T-ASN
udwr
<5204> 
N-ASN
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
elegmou {N-GSM} tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
epikatarwmenou {V-PMPGS}
NET [draft] ITL
“‘Then the priest
<03548>
will write
<03789>
these
<0428>
curses
<0423>
on a scroll
<05612>
and then scrape
<04229>
them off
<04229>
into
<0413>
the bitter
<04751>
water
<04325>
.
HEBREW
Myrmh
<04751>
ym
<04325>
la
<0413>
hxmw
<04229>
rpob
<05612>
Nhkh
<03548>
hlah
<0428>
tlah
<0423>
ta
<0853>
btkw (5:23)
<03789>
NETBible

“‘Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. 1 

NET Notes

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.