Numbers 5:24 meaning and explanation

He is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and cause her bitter suffering.

Numbers 5:24, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses, and this verse describes the central act of the law of jealousy. A husband who suspects his wife brings her to the priest, who writes the curses on a scroll, washes the words into holy water mixed with dust from the tabernacle floor, and makes her drink it.

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