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17 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and the priest shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. 18 The priest shall then have the woman stand before Yahweh and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and he shall place the grain offering of remembrance [a]in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings curses. 19 Then the priest shall have her swear an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not (A)gone astray into [b]defilement, being under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings curses;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:18 Lit on her palms
  2. Numbers 5:19 Or uncleanness