Numbers 5:23 CPDV

²¹  these curses shall be thrown upon you: May the Lord turn you into a curse and an example among all his people. May he cause your thigh to rot, and may your abdomen swell up and burst out.

²²  May the cursed waters enter into your stomach, and may your womb swell and your thigh rot.' And the woman shall respond: 'Amen, amen.'

²³  And the priest shall write these curses in a little book, and then he shall erase them with the very bitter waters, into which he had gathered the curses,

²⁴  and he shall give it to her to drink. And when she has emptied it,

²⁵  the priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of jealousy, and he shall elevate it before the Lord, and he shall impose it upon the altar. Yet only after he first