Reference for Sotah 38:3
עד שלא קרב הקומץ ר"ש לטעמיה דאמר מקריב את מנחתה ואח"כ משקה
[It informs us] that if [the writing on] the scroll has been obliterated and she says: 'I refuse to drink', they exert influence upon her and make her drink by force. Such is the statement of R. Akiba. R. Simeon says: 'And afterwards shall make the woman drink' — what does this intend to tell us since it has already been stated: 'And he shall make the woman drink'? [It informs us] that it only takes place after all the rites mentioned above have been carried out, thus indicating that three things prevent [the giving of the water to drink]: [the priest] must have offered the handful, [the writing on] the scroll must have been blotted out, and [the woman] must have taken the oath. '[The priest] must have offered the handful' — R. Simeon is consistent with his opinion when he said that the priest sacrifices her meal-offering and then gives her to drink. '[The writing on] the scroll must have been blotted out' — [obviously so], for what else could he give her to drink!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the writing was an essential ingredient of what she drank. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>