¹⁵ the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts^[a] of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.

¹⁶ “Then Israel will no longer be tempted to trust in Egypt for help. Egypt’s shattered condition will remind Israel of how sinful she was to trust Egypt in earlier days. Then Israel will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”

¹⁸ Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”

¹¹ “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts^[a] of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.

³ But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.

² So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver^[a] and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.^[b]

Procedures for the Grain Offering

2 “When you present grain as an offering to the Lord, the offering must consist of choice flour. You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense,