A Test of Truth

Text for discussion: Numbers 5.  

In Numbers 5 we find an unusual test of truth.  The test was designed to discern guilt from innocence in regard to adultery.  

What do we make of the test; how do we bear the burden of the Law?  

Hymn: Be Still My Soul (public domain)

The artwork: The tabernacle, engraving from Robert Arnauld d'Andilly's 1683 translation of Josephus. Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons.