“And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.”
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 — the offering (minchah) is barley (a coarser grain than wheat), indicating that this offering is lower in status than the regular grain offering. The omission of oil and frankincense reinforces the austere nature of the jealousy offering, appropriate to the gravity of the case.
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