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Num 5:21 — Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

an oath		Jos 6:26; 1Sa 14:24; Neh 10:29; Mat 26:74
The LORD make		Isa 65:15; Jer 29:22
rot		Heb. fall. 2Ch 21:15; Pro 10:7

Correlating Passages

an oath

	Jos 6:26	And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.
	1Sa 14:24	And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed [be] the man that eateth [any] food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted [any] food.
	Neh 10:29	They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
	Mat 26:74	Then began he to curse and to swear, [saying], I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

The LORD make

	Isa 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:
	Jer 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;

rot

	2Ch 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.
	Pro 10:7	The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 5:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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