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‘Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the Lord ,

and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and ^[j]he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

The priest shall then have the woman stand before the Lord and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial ^[k]in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

The priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, "If no man has lain with you and if you have not ⁽ⁿ⁾gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be ^[l]immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;

if you, however, have ^(o)gone astray, being under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you"

(then the priest shall have the woman ^(p)swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), "the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lord's making your thigh ^[m]waste away and your abdomen swell;

and this water that brings a curse shall go into your ^[n]stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh ^[o]waste away." And the woman ^(q)shall say, "Amen. Amen."