¹¹ the issue between them will be settled by the taking of an oath^(A) before the Lord that the neighbor did not lay hands on the other person’s property. The owner is to accept this, and no restitution is required.

¹⁸ You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’

¹⁹ Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray^(A) and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse^(B) not harm you. ²⁰ But if you have gone astray^(C) while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”— ²¹ here the priest is to put the woman under this curse^(D)—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse^[a] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. ²² May this water^(E) that brings a curse^(F) enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”

“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.^(G)”

5 “‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify^(A) regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.^(B)