9. “Any contribution over and above the holy offerings that the Israelites bring to the priest will belong to the priest.
10. Each person’s holy offerings will belong to that person, but whatever is given to the priest will belong to the priest.”
11. The Lord said to Moses:
12. “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: A man’s wife may have been unfaithful to him
13. and may have had sexual intercourse with another man without her husband’s knowledge. She may have kept it secret if there were no witnesses to accuse her and she wasn’t caught in the act.
14. “A husband may have a fit of jealousy and suspect his wife, whether she was actually unfaithful or not.
15. He must then take his wife to the priest along with eight cups of barley flour as an offering for her. He must not pour olive oil on the flour or put frankincense on it, since it is a grain offering brought because of the husband’s jealousy, an offering used for a confession—to remind someone of a sin that was committed.
16. “The priest will have the woman come forward and stand in the Lord’s presence.
17. Then the priest will take holy water in a piece of pottery and put some dust from the floor of the tent into the water.
18. The priest will bring the woman into the Lord’s presence and loosen her hair. In her hands he will put the offering used for a confession (that is, the grain offering brought because of the husband’s jealousy). The priest will hold in his hands the bitter water that can bring a curse.
19. “Then the priest will say to her, ‘If no other man has had sexual intercourse with you and you haven’t been unfaithful to your husband, you’re not guilty. This bitter water that can bring a curse will not harm you.
20. If, in fact, you have been unfaithful and have had sexual intercourse with another man,