Jealousy*, Ordeal of — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Numbers 5:11-28 contains a provision by which a man who suspected his wife of adultery could bring her to the priest to determine her guilt or innocence. She had to appear with a grain offering, take an oath, and then drink “bitter” water mixed with dust taken from the tabernacle floor. As the woman drank the water, the priest offered the jealousy offering. If she were guilty, “her abdomen [would] swell and her thigh [would] waste away” (Nm 5:27, NLT mg), and she would be a curse among the people. If she were innocent, no ill effects would result. See Bitterness or Jealousy, Water of.

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OET-RV NUM 5:27

27 After she’s drunk it, if she was ‘unclean’ and unfaithful to her husband, the water will carry that curse into her, and her belly will swell and her genitals will get diseased, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

OET-LV NUM 5:27

27 And_he_will _make _her _drink DOM the_waters and_she _will _be if she _has _made _herself _unclean and_she _has _acted _unfaithfully unfaithfulness against_husband _of_her and_they _will _go in_her the_waters which_bring_a _curse to_bitter_things and_ belly _of_her _it _will _swell and_ thigh _of_her _it _will _fall and_ the_woman _she _will _become (into)_a_curse in_the _midst _of her _people _of_her.

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