27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall 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 abdomen will swell and her thigh will [b]waste away, 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 then be free and conceive [c]children.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:27 Lit to
  2. Numbers 5:27 Lit fall
  3. Numbers 5:28 Lit seed