Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ordeal of the bitter water" in English language version.
35° qu'ils soumettent les inculpés à diverses ordalies analogues à celle de la coupe des eaux amères des Juifs (112).
The name sotah is derived from Num. 5:12 based on the word שטה to stray.
According to the Mishna (SoTah 9) this ordeal of the woman suspected of adultery was abolished by Johanan ben Zaccai (after 70 AD), on the ground that the men of his generation were not above the suspicion of impurity.