Numbers 5:23

“And the priest shall write these curses in a book, etc.] The above curses imprecated on herself by an oath; the words and the letters of them were written at length, in a scroll of parchment; and, as some say also, her name, but not her double amen to them f44: and he shall blot [them] out with the bitter water: wash them out with it, and into it, or scrape them off of the parchment into it.”

“write these curses in a book--The imprecations, along with her name, were inscribed in some kind of record--on parchment, or more probably on a wooden tablet. blot them out with the bitter water--If she were innocent, they could be easily erased, and were perfectly harmless; but if guilty, she would experience the fatal effects of the water she had drunk.”

“The trial of jealousy. Since the crime of adultery is especially defiling and destructive of the very foundations of social order, the whole subject is dealt with at a length proportionate to its importance. The process prescribed has lately been strikingly illustrated from an Egyptian “romance,” which refers to the time of Rameses the Great, and may therefore well serve to illustrate the manners and customs of the Mosaic times. This mode of trial, like several other ordinances, was adopted by Moses from existing and probably very ancient and widely spread institutions. Numbers 5:15 The offering was to be of the cheapest and coarsest kind, barley (compare 2 Kings 7:1, 2 Kings 7:16, 2 Kings…”

“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. Numbers 5:24”

“5:23-24 The symbolism of drinking disturbing words is repeated in Ezek 2:8–3:3 and Rev 10:8-11.”

“write these: Exo 17:14; Deu 31:19; Ch2 34:24; Job 31:35; Jer 51:60-64; Co1 16:21, Co1 16:22; Rev 20:12 blot: Psa 51:1, Psa 51:9; Isa 43:25, Isa 44:22; Act 3:19 Numbers 5:24”