Then he stooped down again and continued writing on the ground.
And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
Then He bent down and went on writing on the ground with His finger.
And again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
Bending down again, he wrote on the ground.
And bending down again, he wrote on the earth.
And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground.
Then the priest is to take holy water in a clay bowl, take some of the dust from the tabernacle floor, and put it in the water.
When they persisted in questioning him, he stood up and said to them, ‘The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.’
When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only he was left, with the woman in the centre.