Numbers 5:23

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 51:1 Parallel

Psalm 51:1 asks God to 'blot out' transgressions, echoing the priest washing off (blotting out) the written curses.

Jeremiah 51:60-64 has Jeremiah write curses on a scroll and sink it in water, mirroring the writing and washing here.

Acts 3:19 Allusion

Acts 3:19 calls for repentance so sins may be blotted out, using the same Greek term as the LXX here.

Colossians 2:14 speaks of canceling a written record against us, reminiscent of the priest blotting out the written curse.

Psalm 51:9 Parallel

In Psalm 51:9, the psalmist uses the same 'blot out' imagery for sins, paralleling the priest blotting out the written curses.

Isaiah 43:25 describes God blotting out transgressions, echoing the priest's action of blotting out the curses.

Isaiah 44:22 repeats the 'blot out' of sins like a cloud, similar to the cursing water ritual.

2 Chronicles 34:24 references curses written in the book of the law, echoing the written curses here.