Numbers 5
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Numbers 5:21-31

21then the priestH3548 shall cause the womanH802 to swearH7650 with the oathH7621 of cursing, and the priestH3548 shall sayH559 unto the womanH802, Jehovah makeH5414 thee a curseH423 and an oathH7621 among thy peopleH5971, when Jehovah doth makeH5414 thy thighH3409 to fallH5307 away, and thy body to swell; 22and this waterH4325 that causeth the curseH779 shall goH935 into thy bowelsH4578, and make thy body to swellH6638, and thy thighH3409 to fallH5307 away. And the womanH802 shall sayH559, AmenH543, AmenH543.

23And the priestH3548 shall writeH3789 these cursesH423 in a bookH5612, and he shall blot them out into the waterH4325 of bitternessH4751: 24and he shall make the womanH802 drinkH8248 the waterH4325 of bitternessH4751 that causeth the curseH779; and the waterH4325 that causeth the curseH779 shall enter into her and become bitterH4751. 25And the priestH3548 shall takeH3947 the meal-offering of jealousyH7068 out of the woman’sH802 handH3027, and shall waveH5130 the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bringH7126 it unto the altarH4196: 26and the priestH3548 shall takeH7061 a handfulH7061 of the meal-offering, as the memorialH234 thereof, and burn it upon the altarH4196, and afterward shall make the womanH802 drinkH8248 the waterH4325. 27And when he hath made her drinkH8248 the waterH4325, then it shall comeH935 to pass, if she beH1961 defiledH2930, and have committed a trespass against her husbandH376, that the waterH4325 that causeth the curseH779 shall enter into her and becomeH1961 bitterH4751, and her body shall swellH6638, and her thighH3409 shall fallH5307 away: and the womanH802 shall beH1961 a curseH779 among her peopleH5971. 28And if the womanH802 be not defiledH2930, but be cleanH2889; then she shall be freeH5352, and shall conceive seedH2233.

29This is the lawH8451 of jealousyH7068, whenH834 a wifeH802, being under her husbandH376, goeth asideH7847, and is defiledH2930; 30or whenH834 the spiritH7307 of jealousyH7068 cometh upon a manH376, and he is jealousH7065 of his wifeH802; then shall he setH5975 the womanH802 before Jehovah, and the priestH3548 shall execute upon her all this lawH8451. 31And the manH376 shall be freeH5352 from iniquityH5771, and that womanH802 shall bearH5375 her iniquityH5771.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain