Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 87:2

אמר לו משם ראיה הרי הוא אומר (שמות לב, כ) ויזר על פני המים וישק את בני ישראל לא נתכוין אלא לבודקן כסוטות

They replied to him: Can any proof be deduced from this passage? Behold it states, “And he strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.” He had no other intention than to test them as is done with women suspected of adultery!

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