Numbers 5:22

and this water that causes the curse will go ¹  into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot.” ²  Then the woman must say, “Amen, amen.” ³ 

Nu 5:27; De 27:15-26; Job 31:21,22,39,40; Ps 7:4,5; Ps 41:13; Ps 72:19; Ps 89:52; Ps 109:18; Pr 1:31; Eze 3:3; Joh 3:3,11; Joh 5:24,25; Joh 6:53

¹ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive. It could be taken as a jussive following the words of the priest in the previous section, but it is more likely to be a simple future.

² tn Heb “fall away.”

³ tn The word “amen” carries the idea of “so be it,” or “truly.” The woman who submits to this test is willing to have the test demonstrate the examination of God.