Numbers 5:26

26 He will take a handful of the grain, which is a memorial offering, and burn it on the altar. After that he will make the woman drink the water

Numbers 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 5:26

And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even]
the memorial thereof
For good or evil, according as her works were, as Aben Ezra observes; a memorial for good, if innocent, and a memorial for evil, if guilty:

and burn [it] upon the altar;
as the handful of other meat offerings used to be, ( Leviticus 1:2 ) ;

and afterwards shall cause the woman to drink the water;
oblige her to it; having proceeded thus far, and no confession made, namely, an oath taken, the curses of it written in a scroll and scraped into the waters, and the jealousy offering waved and offered.

Numbers 5:26 In-Context

24 and make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse. If she is guilty, the water will make her sick.

25 Then the priest will take the grain offering for jealousy from her. He will present it before the Lord and bring it to the altar.

26 He will take a handful of the grain, which is a memorial offering, and burn it on the altar. After that he will make the woman drink the water

27 to see if she is not pure and if she has sinned against her husband. When it goes into her, if her stomach gets big so that she is not able to have another baby, her people will reject her.

28 But if the woman has not sinned, she is pure. She is not guilty, and she will be able to have babies.