JEALOUSY, WATER OF (see Adultery). By the “law of jealousy” (Num 5:11-31), a husband who suspected his wife of adultery brought her before the priest with a meal offering. The priest had her take an oath, then drink holy water mixed with dust from the Tabernacle floor, as an appeal to God to decide the issue. If no ill effects followed, she was innocent; otherwise she was guilty.