Numbers 5:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 5:17

15 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. He shall ^abring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an offering for remembering, for ^bbringing iniquity to remembrance.

16 ‘And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the ^aLord.

17 The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

18 Then the priest shall stand the woman before the Lord, uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

19 And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband’s authority, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has lain with you”—

Verse Comparison: Numbers 5:17

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
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.

Contemporary English Version
where he will pour sacred water into a clay jar and stir in some dust from the floor of the sacred tent.

Darby English Version
And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and the priest shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.

Good News Bible
He shall pour some holy water into a clay bowl and take some of the earth that is on the floor of the Tent of the LORD's presence and put it in the water to make it bitter.

King James Version
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:

New American Standard Bible
and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put {it} into the water.

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

New King James Version
The priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that lies on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

Revised Standard Version
and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

Young's Literal Translation
and the priest hath taken holy water in an earthen vessel, and of the dust which is on the floor of the tabernacle doth the priest take, and hath put `it' into the water,

New English Translation
The priest will then take holy water¹ in a pottery jar, and take some² of the dust³ that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water.

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