then the priest shall put the woman under this oath of cursing and say to her, ‘May Yahweh make you an object of cursing and swearing among your people, when Yahweh makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell,
In context
19The priest shall put her under oath and say to the woman, ‘If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into impurity while under your husband’s authority, be immune to this bitter water that brings the curse. 20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has slept with you —’ 21then the priest shall put the woman under this oath of cursing and say to her, ‘May Yahweh make you an object of cursing and swearing among your people, when Yahweh makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell, 22may this water that brings the curse enter your bowels, and make your belly swell and your thigh waste away.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen. Amen.’ 23The priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
