Commentary for Makkot 32:9

נמלה לוקה חמש משום שרץ השורץ על הארץ

[If one eats] an ant, he gets five malkus [two for insects + three for land insects] because of the verses that start (Leviticus 11,29) "the swarming things that swarm upon the ground".

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