water which the suspected wife was required to drink, so that the result might prove her guilt or innocence ( Numbers 5:12-17 Numbers 5:27 ). We have no record of this form of trial having been actually resorted to.
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. "Entry for Jealousy, Waters of". "Easton's Bible Dictionary".