# Connecting Statement:
Moses continues to describe what the people are to do if the hypothetical situation he began describing in [Numbers 5:12](./11.md) ever happens.
# near and place her before Yahweh
"in the presence of Yahweh." The priest would bring her near the altar. Alternate translation: "near the altar and place her in the presence of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])