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19 And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, [a]being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse. 20 But if thou have gone aside, [b]being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband: 21 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a [c]curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 5:19 Or, with another instead of thy husband. See Ezek. 23:5; Rom. 7:2.
  2. Numbers 5:20 Or, with another instead of thy husband. See Ezek. 23:5; Rom. 7:2.
  3. Numbers 5:21 Or, adjuration