Why the Sotah Is Tested with Water and Dust Like a Sown Field

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Nasso 5:2

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation: Why is she tested with water [and with dust]? Because a person [sows] some seeds in the dust and does not know what they are, until the water comes down upon them and makes known whether they belong to the owner of the field, or whether they are what others have sown.

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