Commentary for Bava Batra 203:2

אמר מר מארבע ועד שמונה מני אי רבנן הא אמרי ד' אמות על שש אי ר' שמעון הא אמר שש על שמונה

must [also] be made [over a distance of] twenty cubits,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the approximate length of the court (six cubits) and of the two grottos that open out from its opposite sides (eight cubits each, according to the Tanna.) The actual length is, of course, twenty two cubits and the discrepancy is discussed in the Gemara. ');">⁴</span> from that spot onwards. [If] at the end of twenty cubits a corpse is found, a search of [another] twenty cubits from that spot onwards must be made; for there is reasonable ground<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'feet' on which to stand. ');">⁵</span> for the assumption<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since one group of graves had already been discovered within twenty cubits. ');">⁶</span>

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