19 And the priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has had sexual relations with you and if you have not (A)gone astray into uncleanness, as you are under the authority of your husband, be [a]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse; 20 if, however, you have (B)gone astray, though under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had sexual intercourse 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), “may the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lords making your thigh [b]shriveled and your [c]belly swollen;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:19 Lit free from
  2. Numbers 5:21 Lit collapsed
  3. Numbers 5:21 Possibly the womb, and so throughout the ch

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

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