16. “The kohen is to bring her near and have her stand before Adonai.
17. Then the kohen is to take some holy water in a clay jar and take some dust from the floor of the Tabernacle and put it into the water.
18. Then the kohen will have the woman stand before Adonai, loosen the woman’s hair, put into her hands the reminder offering, the offering for jealousy, while in the kohen’s own hands are the bitter waters that bring a curse.
19. Then the kohen will have her swear under oath, then say to the woman, ‘If no man other than your husband has slept with you, and if you have not gone astray into impurity from your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.
20. If, however, you have gone astray from your husband and if you became impure and had sexual relations with a man other than your husband’—
21. Then the kohen is to have the woman swear under this oath of a curse, and say to the woman—‘then let Adonai cause you to be cursed and denounced among your people when Adonai causes your thigh to rot and your belly to swell.
22. “May this water which brings a curse enter your body and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to rot.’ “The woman is to say, ‘Amen, amen!’
23. “Then the kohen is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them into the waters of bitterness.
24. The kohen will then have the woman drink the bitter water bearing curses, so that the water of the curses of bitterness enters her.
25. The kohen is to take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, wave the offering before Adonai and bring it to the altar.
26. The kohen is to take a handful of the grain offering and burn it up in smoke on the altar as a memorial offering. The kohen will then have the woman drink the water.
27. “When she is made to drink the water that carries the curse, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, it will enter her and cause bitterness—her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away. She will be accursed among her people.
28. If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be free from guilt and be able to have children.
29. “This is the Torah regarding jealousy, when a woman goes astray from her husband and defiles herself,
30. or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he jealously suspects his wife. The kohen is to have her stand before Adonai and apply this entire Torah to her.