27 When he has made her drink the water, then it will come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her [a]and cause bitterness, and her belly will swell up and her thigh will [b]shrivel, and the woman will become (A)a curse among her people. 28 But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be [c]immune and conceive [d]children.

29 ‘This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, who is under the authority of her husband, (B)goes astray and defiles herself,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:27 Lit for bitterness
  2. Numbers 5:27 Lit collapse
  3. Numbers 5:28 Lit free
  4. Numbers 5:28 Lit seed

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