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A test to determine guilt or innocence of a wife suspected of adultery but who had not been caught in the act (Numbers 5:11-31 ). The ordeal consisted of two parts: a grain offering “of memorial bringing iniquity to remembrance” (Numbers 5:15 ) and the “bitter water that causeth the curse” (Numbers 5:18 ). See Bitter Water .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Jealousy, Ordeal of'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/j/jealousy-ordeal-of.html. 1991.

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