טז על ידי כל עריות מקנין פשיטא
16 'The wife of a proselyte or freed slave and a woman incapable of conception [either drink or do not receive the marriage-settlement]' — this is self-evident! — What you might have said was, Speak unto the children of Israel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 12. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> — but not to proselytes. Therefore he informs us [that proselytes are included in the law]. Or as an alternative answer: And say<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> is to be interpreted as including [the wife of a proselyte, etc.]. THE WIFE OF A PRIEST DRINKS etc. This is self-evident! — What you might have said was, And she had not been violated<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 13; i.e., she had been a consenting party. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> — then she is prohibited [to her husband];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 2b. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> hence if she had been violated she is permitted to him; but this woman [being the wife of a priest] is prohibited to him even if she had been violated, and consequently she does not drink. Therefore he informs us [that she does undergo the ordeal]. AND IS PERMITTED TO HER HUSBAND. This is self-evident! — R. Huna said: [This refers to a case where] she becomes ill.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After drinking the water. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> But if she becomes ill, the water has proved her [guilty]! — [It refers to a case where] she becomes ill in other limbs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not those enumerated in Num. V, 22. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> What you might have said was that she had committed adultery, and the fact that the water did not affect her in the usual way was due to her having acted immorally under force and as such she is prohibited to a priest. Therefore he informs us [that she is permitted to her husband]. THE WIFE OF A EUNUCH DRINKS. This is self-evident! — What you might have said was, Besides thine husband<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 20. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> declared the All Merciful, and this man [being a eunuch] does not come within the category [of husband]. Therefore he informs us [that he is considered to be her husband for the law of the ordeal]. THROUGH [SECLUSION WITH] ALL PERSONS FORBIDDEN TO HER IN MARRIAGE JEALOUSY IS ESTABLISHED. This is self-evident!