shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement,
by which atonement shall be made for him.
005:009 Every heave offering of all the holy things of the children
of Israel, which they present to the priest, shall be his.
005:010 Every man's holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives
the priest, it shall be his."
005:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
005:012 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them:
If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
005:013 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes
of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled,
and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken
in the act;
005:014 and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous
of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit
of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife,
and she isn't defiled:
005:015 then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring
her offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal.
He shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it
is a meal offering of jealousy, a meal offering of memorial,
bringing iniquity to memory.
005:016 The priest shall bring her near, and set her before Yahweh;
005:017 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel;
and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle
the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
005:018 The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair
of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of
memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy.
The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness
that brings a curse.
005:019 The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman,
'If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside
to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this
water of bitterness that brings a curse.
005:020 But if you have gone astray, being under your husband,
and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you
besides your husband:'
005:021 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath
of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make
you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows
your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
005:022 and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels,
and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.'
The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
005:023 "The priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall
blot them out into the water of bitterness.
005:024 He shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes
the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter
into her and become bitter.
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