Numbers 5:16-22

¹⁶The priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.

¹⁷Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

¹⁸After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

¹⁹And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

²⁰But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’—

²¹and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse —‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

²²May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

— Numbers 5:16-22

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Cross References for Numbers 5:16-22

• Psalm 109:18
• Numbers 5:12
• Joshua 6:26
• Hebrews 13:4
• Nehemiah 10:29
• 1 Samuel 14:24
• Exodus 30:18
• Jeremiah 29:22
• Numbers 5:27
• Ezekiel 3:3

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