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20 But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband, and have defiled yourself by having sex with another man—’

21 “At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the Lord’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel[a] and your abdomen to swell. 22 Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your womb to shrivel.[b]’ And the woman will be required to say, ‘Yes, let it be so.’

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Footnotes

  1. 5:21 Hebrew when he causes your thigh to waste away.
  2. 5:22 Hebrew and your thigh to waste away.

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