22 And that this cursed water may go into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Then the woman shall answer, [a]Amen, Amen.

23 After, the Priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall [b]blot them out with the bitter water,

24 And shall cause the woman to drink the bitter and cursed water, and the cursed water turned into bitterness shall enter into her.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:22 That is, be it so, as thou wishest, as Ps. 41:23; Deut. 27:15.
  2. Numbers 5:23 Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel.

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