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.
29. “So this is the law about jealousy. This is what you should do when a woman sins against her husband while she is married to him.
30. Or if the man becomes jealous and thinks his wife has sinned against him, this is what the man should do. The priest must tell her to stand before the Lord. Then the priest will do all these things. This is the law.
31. The husband will not be guilty of doing anything wrong, but the woman will suffer if she has sinned.”