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Numbers 5:18-31

5:18

And the priest
<03548>

shall set
<05975> (8689)

the woman
<0802>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and uncover
<06544> (8804)

the woman's
<0802>

head
<07218>_,

and put
<05414> (8804)

the offering
<04503>

of memorial
<02146>

in her hands
<03709>_,

which [is] the jealousy
<07068>

offering
<04503>_:

and the priest
<03548>

shall have in his hand
<03027>

the bitter
<04751>

water
<04325>

that causeth the curse
<0779> (8764)_:

5:19

And the priest
<03548>

shall charge her by an oath
<07650> (8689)_,

and say
<0559> (8804)

unto the woman
<0802>_,

If no man
<0376>

have lain
<07901> (8804)

with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside
<07847> (8804)

to uncleanness
<02932>

[with another] instead of thy husband
<0376>_,

be thou free
<05352> (8734)

from this bitter
<04751>

water
<04325>

that causeth the curse
<0779> (8764)_:

{with another...: or, being in the power of thy husband: Heb. under thy husband}

5:20

But if thou hast gone aside
<07847> (8804)

[to another] instead of thy husband
<0376>_,

and if thou be defiled
<02930> (8738)_,

and some man
<0376>

have
<05414> (8799)

lain
<07903>

with thee beside
<01107>

thine husband
<0376>_:

5:21

Then the priest
<03548>

shall charge
<07650> (8689)

the woman
<0802>

with an oath
<07621>

of cursing
<0423>_,

and the priest
<03548>

shall say
<0559> (8804)

unto the woman
<0802>_,

The LORD
<03068>

make
<05414> (8799)

thee a curse
<0423>

and an oath
<07621>

among
<08432>

thy people
<05971>_,

when the LORD
<03068>

doth make
<05414> (8800)

thy thigh
<03409>

to rot
<05307> (8802)_,

and thy belly
<0990>

to swell
<06639>_;

{rot: Heb. fall}

5:22

And this water
<04325>

that causeth the curse
<0779> (8764)

shall go
<0935> (8804)

into thy bowels
<04578>_,

to make [thy] belly
<0990>

to swell
<06638> (8687)_,

and [thy] thigh
<03409>

to rot
<05307> (8687)_:

And the woman
<0802>

shall say
<0559> (8804)_,

Amen
<0543>_,

amen
<0543>_.

5:23

And the priest
<03548>

shall write
<03789> (8804)

these curses
<0423>

in a book
<05612>_,

and he shall blot
<04229> (8804)

[them] out with the bitter
<04751>

water
<04325>_:

5:24

And he shall cause the woman
<0802>

to drink
<08248> (8689)

the bitter
<04751>

water
<04325>

that causeth the curse
<0779> (8764)_:

and the water
<04325>

that causeth the curse
<0779> (8764)

shall enter
<0935> (8804)

into her, [and become] bitter
<04751>_.

5:25

Then the priest
<03548>

shall take
<03947> (8804)

the jealousy
<07068>

offering
<04503>

out of the woman's
<0802>

hand
<03027>_,

and shall wave
<05130> (8689)

the offering
<04503>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and offer
<07126> (8689)

it upon the altar
<04196>_:

5:26

And the priest
<03548>

shall take an handful
<07061> (8804)

of the offering
<04503>_,

[even] the memorial
<0234>

thereof, and burn
<06999> (8689)

[it] upon the altar
<04196>_,

and afterward
<0310>

shall cause the woman
<0802>

to drink
<08248> (8686)

the water
<04325>_.

5:27

And when he hath made her to drink
<08248> (8689)

the water
<04325>_,

then it shall come to pass, [that], if she be defiled
<02930> (8738)_,

and have done
<04603> (8799)

trespass
<04604>

against her husband
<0376>_,

that the water
<04325>

that causeth the curse
<0779> (8764)

shall enter
<0935> (8804)

into her, [and become] bitter
<04751>_,

and her belly
<0990>

shall swell
<06638> (8804)_,

and her thigh
<03409>

shall rot
<05307> (8804)_:

and the woman
<0802>

shall be a curse
<0423>

among
<07130>

her people
<05971>_.

5:28

And if the woman
<0802>

be not defiled
<02930> (8738)_,

but be clean
<02889>_;

then she shall be free
<05352> (8738)_,

and shall conceive
<02232> (8738)

seed
<02233>_.

5:29

This [is] the law
<08451>

of jealousies
<07068>_,

when a wife
<0802>

goeth aside
<07847> (8799)

[to another] instead of her husband
<0376>_,

and is defiled
<02930> (8738)_;

5:30

Or when the spirit
<07307>

of jealousy
<07068>

cometh
<05674> (8799)

upon him
<0376>_,

and he be jealous
<07065> (8765)

over his wife
<0802>_,

and shall set
<05975> (8689)

the woman
<0802>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and the priest
<03548>

shall execute
<06213> (8804)

upon her all this law
<08451>_.

5:31

Then shall the man
<0376>

be guiltless
<05352> (8738)

from iniquity
<05771>_,

and this
<01931>

woman
<0802>

shall bear
<05375> (8799)

her iniquity
<05771>_.