Numbers 5:26

an handful of the meal-offering In accordance with the general regulation laid down in Leviticus 2:2.

as the memorial-offering thereof The technical term "azkârâhis confined to P. It is used of the frankincense burned for the Presence-bread (Leviticus 24:7), the meal of the poor man's sin-offering (Leviticus 5:11 f.), and the meal-offering (here, Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 2:9; Leviticus 2:16; Leviticus 6:15). The burning of the incense or meal in each case was to bring the worshipper before God's memory. Cf. Exodus 28:29.

and afterward&c. Strictly interpreted this is a second draught which the woman is made to take. But a second draught is very improbable. There has apparently been some accidental disarrangement of the text. Notice that Numbers 5:27 b repeats the substance of Numbers 5:24.