Commentary for Kiddushin 160:14

נימא מסייע ליה מוסרין לו שני תלמידי חכמים שמא יבא עליה בדרך תלמידי חכמים אין אינשי דעלמא לא שאני תלמידי חכמים דידעי

It once happened that ten men carried her [a married woman] out on a bier.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As dead: but she was alive, and committed adultery with all.');">²⁷</span> R'Joseph said: The proof is that ten people assemble and steal a joist, yet are not ashamed of each other. Shall we say that the following supports him: Two scholars were sent with him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., were given over to him.'');">²⁸</span> lest he has intercourse with her on the way.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This refers to a woman charged with adultery, who was tried by the water of bitterness (Num. V, 11-31) . Until pronounced innocent she was interdicted to her husband too, and when he took her to Jerusalem for the ordeal two scholars accompanied him.');">²⁹</span> Thus, Only scholars, but not men in general?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which proves that we fear adultery with them.');">³⁰</span> - Scholars are different, because they know

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