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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 [a]defilement, being under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings curses; 20 if you, however, have (B)gone astray, being under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself, and a man other than your husband has lain with you” 21 (then the priest shall have the woman (C)swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people by Yahweh making your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;

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  1. Numbers 5:19 Or uncleanness