12 "Tell the Israelites that these are the instructions to follow5:12. "These are the instructions to follow": supplied for clarity. if a man’s wife has an affair, being unfaithful to him 13 by sleeping with someone else. It may be that her husband doesn’t find out and her unclean act wasn’t witnessed—she wasn’t caught out. 14 But if her husband becomes jealous and suspicious of his wife, whether she’s guilty or not, 15 he is to take her before the priest. He is also to take with him on her behalf an offering of one tenth of an ephath of barley flour. He must also bring for her an offering of an ephath of barley flour. He’s not to pour olive oil over it or put frankincense on it, since it’s a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder offering to remind people about sin.
29 This is the rule to follow in cases of jealousy when a wife has an affair and makes herself unclean while married to her husband, 30 or when a husband starts feeling jealous and becomes suspicious of his wife. He shall have his wife stand before the Lord, and the priest is to carry out every part of this rule. 31 If she is found guilty,5:31. "If she is found guilty": implied. her husband will not be held responsible. But the woman will bear the consequences of her sin."