17 The priest will then take holy water in a pottery jar, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water. 18 Then the priest will have the woman stand before the Lord, and he will uncover the woman’s head and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has gone to bed with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse. 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—” 21 (then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to her) “the Lord make you an attested curse among your people if the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell, 22 and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.”

16 The priest said, “Give up the virgin you received from the temple of the Lord.” Joseph broke down in tears. The priest continued, “I will make you drink the water of the Lord’s ordeal, and He will reveal your sins to you.” The priest took the water, gave it to Joseph to drink, and sent him to the hill country. Joseph returned unharmed. Then the priest gave the water to Mary, sent her to the hill country as well, and she too returned unharmed. Everyone was amazed that no sin was found in them. The priest said, “If the Lord God hasn’t revealed your sins, then I do not judge you.” He sent them away, and Joseph took Mary and went home, rejoicing and praising the God of Israel.