Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:17:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, he shall pour water for the ceremony into a clay pot and remove (some) soil that is in the Tent of God and pour that soil into the water.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The priest must take a little holy water in a clay pot, and into it [he] must put some dust taken from the floor of the holy tabernacle [lit.: holy tent].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and then the priest will-put holy water in a clay-pot, and he will-put into this water some dust from the floor of the Place-of-Worship Tent.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He must put some sacred water in a clay jar, and then he must put some dirt from the floor of the Sacred Tent into the water.” (Source: Translation for Translators)