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Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

KJV

Scribetque sacerdos in libello ista maledicta, et delebit ea aquis amarissimis, in quas maledicta congessit,

Vulgate

καὶ γράψει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰς ἀρὰς ταύτας εἰς βιβλίον, καὶ ἐξαλείψει εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ ἐλεγμοῦ τοῦ ἐπικαταρωμένου·

LXX

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

ASV

וְ֠/כָתַב אֶת הָ/אָלֹ֥ת הָ/אֵ֛לֶּה הַ/כֹּהֵ֖ן בַּ/סֵּ֑פֶר וּ/מָחָ֖ה אֶל מֵ֥י הַ/מָּרִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 36×
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
ymchh
verb · 35×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַר
mr
verb · 39×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Col 2:14 — Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;