Numbers 5:18

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Numbers 5:18 (WEB)
The priest shall set the woman before the LORD, 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.

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Ephrem the Syrian, Three Homilies Homily 1
“From hence was derived that law about women, that they should drink the water of ordeal, that by the mark that came on adulteresses, the congregation might be reminded of its fornication that was in the…” — editor's note: Num. v. 17–27.
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