Holman Christian Standard Bible

Numbers 5:15-20 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

15. then the man is to bring his wife to the priest. He is also to bring an offering for her of two quarts of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering for remembrance that brings sin to mind.

16. “The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord.

17. Then the priest is to take holy water in a clay bowl, and take some of the dust from the tabernacle floor and put it in the water.

18. After the priest has the woman stand before the Lord, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering for remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.

19. The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

20. But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has slept with you’ —