וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ וְאָמַ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ בְּתֵ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ צָבָֽה׃
Alors le pontife adjurera la femme par le serment d’imprécation, et il dira à la femme: "Que l’Éternel fasse de toi un sujet d’imprécation et de serment au milieu de ton peuple, en faisant lui l’Éternel dépérir ton flanc et gonfler ton ventre;
Rashi
Gemara. We choose the textual variant: "And he shall say to the woman” [Numbers 5:19] -- in any language that she understands [Sifrei Bamidbar 12:1]; the Sifrei derives it from this verse. We do not choose the textual variant "And the priest shall say to the woman" [Numbers 5:21].
Rabbeinu Bahya
שש עגלות צב, “six covered wagons, etc.” According to the plain meaning of the text these are a type of oxen trained to draw heavy loads, such as wagons. We find the expression in Isaiah 66,20: ובצבים ובפרדים, “in drays and mules.” Alternatively, the word is related to the word צבה in Numbers 5,21 where it refers to something swollen. Here it means the wagons were fully loaded.
English Explanation of Mishnah Sotah
He now comes to write the scroll.
From what place [in Scripture] does he write? From “If no man has lain with you … but if you have gone astray while married to your husband” (Numbers 5:19-20). He does not write, “Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear” (v. 21), but continues, “May the Lord make you a curse and an imprecation … And may this water that induces the spell enter your body make your belly swell, and your thigh to sag.” (vs. 21-22) He does not write “And the woman shall say, ‘amen, amen’” (vs. 22). Rabbi Yose says: he makes no omissions. According to the first opinion in the mishnah, the priest does not begin with the curses which begin in verse 21, but begins to copy into the scroll a couple of verses earlier, with the circumstances of her being brought for the test, mentioned in verses 19-20. However, anything that is a directive to the priest about what to do, he does not write. Rabbi Yose says that he does not omit anything, but rather writes straight from verse 19 through the end of verse 22.
From what place [in Scripture] does he write? From “If no man has lain with you … but if you have gone astray while married to your husband” (Numbers 5:19-20). He does not write, “Then the priest shall cause the woman to swear” (v. 21), but continues, “May the Lord make you a curse and an imprecation … And may this water that induces the spell enter your body make your belly swell, and your thigh to sag.” (vs. 21-22) He does not write “And the woman shall say, ‘amen, amen’” (vs. 22). Rabbi Yose says: he makes no omissions. According to the first opinion in the mishnah, the priest does not begin with the curses which begin in verse 21, but begins to copy into the scroll a couple of verses earlier, with the circumstances of her being brought for the test, mentioned in verses 19-20. However, anything that is a directive to the priest about what to do, he does not write. Rabbi Yose says that he does not omit anything, but rather writes straight from verse 19 through the end of verse 22.
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That has a curse with it - with one of [the oaths] it is written "with the curse of adjuration" [Numbers 5:21]. Later on it will explain what the circumstances are.
Rashi
Rava said: the curse stands by itself etc. - there are an oath and a curse here [separately in Rav's formulation], both regarding the woman. However in the verse it is written "with the curse of adjuration" [Numbers 5:21] -- that the oath have the quality of a curse.
Rashi
There is no oath - [administered] to the woman, but the verse states "and [the priest] shall administer the oath to the woman" [cf. Numbers 5:21].