19 And the Priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, neither thou hast turned to uncleanness from thine husband, be free from this bitter and cursed water.

20 But if thou hast turned from thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lain with thee besides thine husband,

21 (Then the Priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the Priest shall say unto the woman:) The Lord make thee to be [a]accursed, and detestable for the oath among the people, and the Lord cause thy thigh to [b]rot, and thy belly to swell:

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:21 Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and forsware herself in denying the same.
  2. Numbers 5:21 Hebrew, to fall.

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