Numbers 5:24-31 ▼

24 The woman is to drink the bitter water that brings a curse and the water that brings a curse is to be considered contaminated.

25 The priest is to take the offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, wave the offering in the LORD's presence, and have her approach the altar.

26 The priest is to take a handful of grain from the memorial and offer a sacrifice on the altar, after which he is to have the woman drink the water.

27 When he has had her drink the water, if she was defiled and had acted unfaithfully toward her husband, then the contaminated water that brings a curse will enter her and infect her, causing her abdomen to swell and her thigh to waste away. Then she is to be a cursed woman among her people.

28 But if the woman isn't defiled, then she is to be freed and will be able to bear children.

29 This is the law in cases of jealousy when a woman defiles herself while under her husband's authority:

30 When a man becomes under the control of an attitude of jealousy regarding his wife, he is to present her to the Lord, and the priest is to apply this entire statute to her.

31 The husband will be free from guilt, but the wife is to bear the punishment of her iniquity.|