Commentary for Sanhedrin 190:13

וכמה נשתייר מהם רב אמר עשרה שנאמר (ישעיהו י, יט) ושאר עץ יערו מספר יהיו ונער יכתבם כמה נער יכול לכתוב עשרה ושמואל אמר תשעה שנאמר (ישעיהו יז, ו) ונשאר בו עוללות כנוקף זית שנים שלשה גרגרים בראש אמיר ארבעה חמשה בסעיפיה

sing [praises to God] and they died, as it is written, at thine exaltation the people were scattered.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXXIII, 3. The first half of the verse reads, At the noise of the tumult the people fled. 'Tumult' is taken to refer to the song of the Hayyoth in their 'exaltation' of the Lord. ');">³³</span> Now how many were left of them. [sc. the Assyrians host]? — Rab said: Ten, as it is written, And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. X, 19. ');">³⁴</span> What figure can a child write? — Ten.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [A yod ([H]), being formed by a mere stroke of the pen, is the easiest letter for a child to write.] ');">³⁵</span>

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