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then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh does make your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
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A Supernatural Judgment
Commentators stress that the physical effects of the curse were not from a natural poison but a direct, supernatural act of God. John Gill calls it a "supernatural and miraculous power," and Albert Barnes notes it was a "special interposition of God." This ordeal was an appeal to the all-knowing God to reveal the truth and execute justice when human evidence was lacking.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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