Commentary for Ketubot 91:24

אמר רבי אבהו פרשו מה ששם לה כדתניא ופרשו השמלה מלמד שבאין עדים של זה ועדים של זה ובוררין את הדבר כשמלה חדשה רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר דברים ככתבן שמלה ממש

Abbahu said: They explain [the charge] which he submitted against her; as it was taught: “And they shall spread the garment” teaches that the witnesses of the one party and those of the other party come, and the matter is made as clear as a new garment. Eliezer b. Jacob said: The words are to be taken in their literal sense: An actual garment.

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