Sotah 17A

מתני׳ בא לו לכתוב את המגילה, מאיזה מקום הוא כותב?

Mishnah: When the priest comes to write the scroll of the sota that is to be placed in the water, from what place in the Torah passage concerning the sota (Numbers 5:11–31) does he write?

מ״ואם לא שכב איש וגו׳ ואת כי שטית תחת אישך״,

He starts from the verse: “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to defilement while under your husband, you should be free from this water of bitterness that causes the curse” (Numbers 5:19); and continues: “But if you have gone astray while under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband” (Numbers 5:20).

ואינו כותב ״והשביע הכהן את האשה״. וכותב: ״יתן ה׳ אותך לאלה ולשבעה. ובאו המים המאררים האלה במעיך לצבות בטן ולנפל ירך״. ואינו כותב ״ואמרה האשה אמן אמן״.

And then he does not write the beginning of the following verse, which states: “Then the priest should cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest should say to the woman” (Numbers 5:21), but he does write the oath recorded in the continuation of the verse: “YHWH should make you a curse and an oath among your people when YHWH will cause your thigh to fall away, and your belly to swell. And this water that causes the curse should go into your bowels, and cause your belly to swell, and your thigh to fall away” (Numbers 5:21–22); but he does not write the conclusion of the verse: “And the woman should say: Amen, amen” (Numbers 5:22).

רבי יוסי אומר: לא היה מפסיק.

R' Yosei says: He does not interrupt the verses but rather writes the entire passage without any omissions.

רבי יהודה אומר: כל עצמו אינו כותב אלא ״יתן ה׳ אותך לאלה ולשבעה וגו׳ ובאו המים המאררים האלה במעיך וגו׳״. ואינו כותב ״ואמרה האשה אמן אמן״.

R' Yehuda says: He writes nothing other than curses recorded in the final verses cited above: “YHWH should make you a curse and an oath among your people when YHWH will cause your thigh to fall away, and your belly to swell. And this water that causes the curse should go into your bowels, and cause your belly to swell, and your thigh to fall away.” And he does not write the conclusion of the verse: “And the woman should say: Amen, amen.”