Numbers 5:13-22
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if a man r lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, s since she was not taken in the act,
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and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself,
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then the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. t He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, u bringing iniquity to remembrance.
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"And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the Lord.
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And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.
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And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord and v unbind the hair of the woman's head and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.
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Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, 'If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were under your husband's authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse.
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But if you have gone astray, though you are under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has lain with you,
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then' (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) w 'the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.
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May this water that brings the curse x pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.' And the woman shall say, y 'Amen, Amen.'
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Cross References
Leviticus 18:20
And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her.
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Cross References
John 8:4
They said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.
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Cross References
Leviticus 2:1
When anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it
Leviticus 2:15
And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
Leviticus 5:11
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
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Cross References
1 Kings 17:18
And she said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!
Ezekiel 29:16
And it shall never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.
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1 Corinthians 11:5 - 7
But every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven.
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Jeremiah 29:22
Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: "The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
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Psalms 109:18
He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
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Deuteronomy 27:15 - 26
"'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the Lord, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
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