Commentary for Makkot 29:1

אמרו לו אמרת אמר להו לא אמר רבה האלהים אמרה וכתיבא ותנינא כתיבא (במדבר ה, ב) וישלחו מן המחנה [וגו'] ולא יטמאו את מחניהם תנינא הבא למקדש טמא

They asked him [Rebbi Yochanon] Did you say this? [that any prohibition preceded by a positive commandment is subject to flogging i.e. a lo saseah s'kedmu asseah]... He responded to them, No. [I retract what I said.] Rabbah said, By God! He said it. And it is backed by a posuk [verse] and a mishnah. It is written (Numbers 5,2) "And they shall send forth from the camp. etc. And they shall not defile their camps" [which is a lo saseah s'kedmu asseah] and it was taught in a mishna "One who enters the temple whilst impure [receives lashes].

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