Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 4:1

אֲרוּסָה וְשׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם, לֹא שׁוֹתוֹת וְלֹא נוֹטְלוֹת כְּתֻבָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ה), אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׂטֶה אִשָּׁה תַּחַת אִישָׁהּ, פְּרָט לַאֲרוּסָה וְשׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם. אַלְמָנָה לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל, גְּרוּשָׁה וַחֲלוּצָה לְכֹהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, מַמְזֶרֶת וּנְתִינָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמַמְזֵר וּלְנָתִין, לֹא שׁוֹתוֹת וְלֹא נוֹטְלוֹת כְּתֻבָּה:

A betrothed woman and a <i>Shomeret Yavam</i> [widow of childless man whose brother has yet to either marry her or release her from the residual marital bond] do not drink [the bitter waters] and they do not take their <i>Ketubah</i> [monetary settlement payable to a married woman upon divorce or the death of her husband], as it says, "that the woman goes astray while married to her husband," (Numbers 5:29) which excludes a betrothed woman or a <i>Shomeret Yabam</i>. A widow [married] to a high priest, a divorcée or a <i>Chalutzah</i> [widow of childless man whose brother has released her from the residual marital bond] [married] to a common priest, a <i>Mamzeret</i> [offspring of an illegitimate union between a Jewish woman and man] or a <i>Netinah</i> [member of a caste of Temple servants, historically descended from the Gibeonites] [married] to an Israelite, or a daughter of an Israelite [married] to a <i>Mamzer</i> or a <i>Netin</i>--they do not drink [the bitter waters] and don't take their <i>Ketubah</i>.

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