Commentary for Sanhedrin 190:7

תנא ראשונים עברו בשחי שנאמר (ישעיהו ח, ח) וחלף ביהודה שטף ועבר אמצעיים עברו בקומה שנאמר (ישעיהו ח, ח) עד צואר יגיע אחרונים העלו עפר ברגליהם ולא מצאו מים בנהר לשתות עד שהביאו מים ממקום אחר ושתו שנאמר (ישעיהו לז, כה) אני קרתי ושתיתי מים וגו'

A Tanna taught: The first company swam across, as it is written, he shall overflow and go over;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. VIII, 8. ');">¹⁶</span> the second walked across,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'passed over in an upright position.' ');">¹⁷</span> as it is written, he shall reach even to the neck; the third cast up the dust [of the river bed] with their feet and found no water in the river to drink, until it was brought from elsewhere and they drank, as it is written, I have digged, and drunk water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXXVII, 25. The passage of the first company, effected by swimming, so diminished the water of the river that the second had to walk across, while the second thoroughly emptied it, leaving it quite dry. ');">¹⁸</span>

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