Numbers 5:17
King James VersionSource notes
“And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put into the water:”
Context
14And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
15Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
16And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
17And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put into the water:
18And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
19And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
20But if thou hast gone aside instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: