Curses Through Objects

In the Old Testament, there were various examples of curses transmitted by objects, but particularly under the Law of Moses, if a woman was accused of being unfaithful to her husband, there was a specific test. The priest would take her to the tabernacle, write out a curse, and then wash off the words of the curse, the ink, into a cup of water. And the woman would be compelled to drink the water and pronounce the curse upon herself.

Now, if she was innocent, nothing would happen to her. And her husband would never be free to accuse her again. But if she was guilty, there would be disastrous physical consequences in her body.

I merely give that as an example of a curse transmitted by something that is physical, in that case, a cup of water.