Numbers 5:23

And the Priest shall write these curses in a booke, and hee shall blot them out with the bitter water:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

'The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:
- American Standard Version (1901)

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

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the bitter water,
- Darby Bible

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

'The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
- World English Bible

`And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted [them] out with the bitter waters,
- Youngs Literal Bible

And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Numbers 5:23

5:23 In a book - That is, in a scroll of parchment, which the Hebrews commonly call a book. Blot them out - Or scrape them out and cast them into the bitter water. Whereby it was signified, that if she was innocent, the curses should be blotted out and come to nothing; and, if she were guilty, she should find in her the effects of this water which she drank, after the words of this curse had been scraped and put in.