21. If that is true, you will have much trouble when you drink this special water. You will not be able to have any children. And if you are pregnant now, your baby will die. And the Lord will cause your people to speak evil of you and curse you.’ “Then the priest must tell the woman to make an oath. She must agree for the Lord to cause these things to happen to her if she lies.
22. The priest must say, ‘You must drink this water that causes trouble. If you have sinned, you will not be able to have children. Any baby you have will die before it is born.’ And the woman should say, ‘I agree to do as you say.’
23. “The priest should write these warnings on a scroll. Then he should wash the words off into the water.
24. Then the woman must drink the water that brings trouble. This water will enter her and, if she is guilty, it will cause her much suffering.
25. “Then the priest will take the grain offering from her (the offering for jealousy) and raise it before the Lord. Then he will carry it to the altar.
26. The priest will fill his hands with some of the grain and put it on the altar and let it burn there. After that he will tell the woman to drink the water.
27. If the woman has sinned against her husband, the water will bring her trouble. The water will go into her body and cause her much suffering. Any baby that is in her will die before it is born, and she will never be able to have children. All the people will turn against her.
28. But if the woman has not sinned against her husband and she is pure, the priest will say that she is not guilty. Then she will be normal and able to have children.