Commentary for Bava Batra 242:10

אמר לו רבי נחמיה וכי נאמר שלשים וששה והלא לא נאמר אלא כשלשים וששה אלא זה יאיר בן מנשה ששקול כרובה של סנהדרין

and it was taught<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' San. 44a. ');">³³</span> 'actually thirty six men' [these are] the words of R. Judah; R. Nehemiah, [however], said unto him: Was it said, 'thirty and six'? Surely it was said, about<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. Kisheloshim, [H] the [H] may signify, 'about' and also 'like', 'equal'. ');">³⁴</span> thirty and six! But this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression 'about thirty and six'. V. previous note. ');">³⁵</span> [must refer to] Jair the son of Manasseh who was equal to the greater part of the Sanhedrin!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sanhedrin having consisted of seventy-one men, thirty-six formed a majority. Now, since Ahijah was among those who came out of Egypt and also among those who entered Canaan, how could it be said that, besides the tribe of Levi, none of the members of the other tribes had entered the land? ');">³⁶</span>

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