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then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, “May the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;

Numbers 5:21 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીગણના ૫:૨૧
ત્યારે યાજક તે સ્ત્રીને શાપયુક્ત પ્રતિજ્ઞા લેવડાવે. અને યાજક સ્ત્રીને કહે કે, “યહોવાહ તને તારા લોકમાં શાપરૂપ તથા સોગનરૂપ કરે. જો યહોવાહ તારી જાંઘો સડાવે અને તારું પેટ સુજાવે ત્યારે આમ થશે.
हिन्दीगिनती ५:२१
(और याजक उसे श्राप देनेवाली शपथ धराकर कहे,) यहोवा तेरी जाँघ सड़ाए और तेरा पेट फुलाए , और लोग तेरा नाम लेकर श्राप और धिक्कार दिया करें;

In context

19The priest shall cause her to take an oath and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.

20But if you have gone astray, being under your husband’s authority, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband—”

21then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, “May the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;

22and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.”

23“‘The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall wipe them into the water of bitterness.

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