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I opened a link. https://biblehub.com/numbers/5-21.htm How do you get abortion instructions from that? Do better.
That's because it's actually 5:19. They perform some chant and give her a specific drink which kills the fetus.
Unless you actually believe in curses and rituals, in that case it's a magic judgement process that happens. Same result though.
"magic judgment" is unnecessarily cynical. if the abortion happens successfully the baby was illegitimate, and if not the baby is totally legitimate. it's obviously designed to save face.
That's the magic part
Oh okay, thanks! Learned something new today
Numbers 5:16-28. 5:21 is the line that proves that the ceremony is an abortion, since the drink causes the abdomen to swell and a miscarriage to occur. It's an attempt to cut away the chaff of the surrounding text while still giving the passage that demonstrates the abortion within the text.
Someone else did give context that this likely an incorrect translation: https://lemmy.world/comment/8764494
And then additional comments debunk that idea
To be fair, the Bible has been translated and censored so many times that no one knows what was originally in there.
It’s the whole section, 11-29. 21 is the passage which describes the outcome. If you read the whole section it’s a pretty clear set of steps on how to abort a fetus.
Granted, it requires the Lord. If you don’t believe we cannot help you.
You have to do a little more research than that for this to make sense. You're right, this is inaccurate. But, being curious, I checked the rest of the chapter. See my other post in this thread.