water and add some dust from the floor of the tabernacle. (Was this what Jesus was reenacting here once again?) Then with the water in his hand, he would charge the woman with an oath and ask her to drink the bitter water as an ordeal. If she were guilty, her body would swell; if she were innocent, nothing happened. The point seemed to be that the guilty party would swell by the psychosomatic impact that guilt would have on their body. According to traditional belief, this test could also be required