The Ordeal of The Bitter Water

By Crusader1307

An unusual Ancient Judaic practice for determining Adultery in a Wife, ''The Ordeal of The Bitter Waters'' was a practice found in several non-canonical Jewish Texts and The Old Testament as well. Some Scholars cite that The Ordeal in reality was an early form of Water Torture, such as Dunking. But some point to the Ritual by which a suspected Wife was restrained by rope and forced to drink a ''toxic fluid'', prepared by a Priest. Pouring the concoction into the open mouth, (over and over) – the stomach would naturally swell. IF it did not burst, and She vomited up the fluid – She was innocent. If the reverse, Our accusing Husband could seek another more ''honorable'' Wife...............