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Mishnah: When the priest comes to write the scroll of the sota that is to be placed in the water, from what place in the Torah passage concerning the sota (Numbers 5:11–31) does he write?
He starts from the verse: “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to defilement while under your husband, you shall be free from this water of bitterness that causes the curse” (Numbers 5:19); and continues: “But if you have gone astray while under your husband, and if you are
And then he does not write the beginning of the following verse, which states: “Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman” (Numbers 5:21), but he does write the oath recorded in the continuation of the verse: “YHWH shall make you a
R' Yosei says: He does not interrupt the verses but rather writes the entire passage without any omissions.
R' Yehuda says: He writes nothing other than curses recorded in the final verses cited above: “YHWH shall make you a curse and an oath among your people when YHWH will cause your thigh to fall away, and your belly to swell. And this water that causes the curse shall go into your bowels, and cause y