The conditional oath

19Then the priest shall make her swear and shall say to the woman, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray in uncleanness under your husband, be free from these bitter waters that bring a curse.’

20But if you have gone astray while under your husband, and if you have become defiled, and a man has lain with you besides your husband—

21Then the priest shall make the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, “May Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh makes your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell.”

22and may these curse-bringing waters enter your inward parts, to make the belly swell and the thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, amen.’