Translations:What was the purpose of the Numbers 5 dusty(or "bitter") water test?/2/en

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The temple dust/ink/water concoction which the wife was required to drink would have been harmless, in itself. Ancient inks were typically made of lamp black (carbon) or iron oxide, and gum arabic. Basically harmless, in such small, dilute amounts.