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18 The priest is to have the woman stand in the Lord’s presence, uncover her head,[a] and put the grain offering as a memorial, a reminder of jealousy, into her hands. The priest is also to have in his hand the contaminated[b] water that carries a curse.

19 “The priest is to administer this oath to the woman: ‘If indeed another man didn’t have sexual relations[c] with you and you didn’t become unfaithful to your husband,[d] then may you be free from these waters that bring a curse. 20 But if you have become unfaithful to your husband and have become defiled because a man who isn’t your husband has had sexual relations with you…’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:18 Lit. head of the woman
  2. Numbers 5:18 Lit. bitter, and so throughout the chapter
  3. Numbers 5:19 Or lie with a man
  4. Numbers 5:19 Or man

18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair(A) and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy,(B) while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse.(C) 19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray(D) and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse(E) not harm you. 20 But if you have gone astray(F) while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”—

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