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15 The man must take his wife to the priest. He must bring one kilogram of barley flour with him. This is a grain offering to discover if his wife really did do those things. So he must not put oil or incense on the grain offering. That is an offering because the man does not trust his wife.

16 Then the priest will bring the woman to stand in front of the Lord. 17 He must pour some holy water into a bowl that someone has made from clay.[a] He must take some dust from the floor of God's Tent. And he must put the dust into the water.

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  1. 5:17 ‘Holy water’ was special water that the priests kept in God's tent.

15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[a](A) of barley flour(B) on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy,(C) a reminder-offering(D) to draw attention to wrongdoing.

16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

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  1. Numbers 5:15 That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms