Numbers 5:27
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.”Numbers 5:27
What Does Numbers 5:27 Mean?
Numbers 5:27 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 5, verse 27 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Numbers 5:27 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 29:18“And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:”Jeremiah 42:18“For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.”Zechariah 8:13“And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.”Numbers 5:20“But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:”Numbers 5:22“And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.”Deuteronomy 28:37“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.”Proverbs 5:11“And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,”Isaiah 65:15“And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:”Jeremiah 24:9“And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.”Jeremiah 29:22“And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;”Jeremiah 44:12“And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.”1 Kings 8:32“Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.”2 Chronicles 6:23“Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.”2 Chronicles 21:15“And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.”Psalms 83:9“Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:”Psalms 109:18“As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.”Proverbs 5:4“But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.”Ecclesiastes 7:26“And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.”Romans 6:21“What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.”2 Corinthians 2:16“To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?”
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