“The priest shall take a handful from the meal offering, its memorial portion, and burn it upon the altar, and then he shall give the woman the water to drink” (Numbers 5:26). “The priest shall take a handful from the meal offering…” – from the undivided meal offering; that it should not be placed in two vessels when he takes a handful. “And burn” the meal offering – this is the burning of the handful that is called a memorial portion. “And then he shall give the woman the water to drink” – like the matter that we stated.161The drinking may either precede or follow the meal offering.