Commentary for Sanhedrin 33:18
סוף סוף לרעה ע"פ שנים לא משכחת לה אי אחד עשר מזכין ושנים עשר מחייבין אכתי חד הוא אי עשרה מזכין ושלשה עשר מחייבין תלתא הוו א"ר אבהו אי אתה מוצא אלא במוסיפין ודברי הכל ובסנהדרי גדולה ואליבא דרבי יהודה דאמר שבעים
why [did he say], My Lord Moses, forbid them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XI, 29. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> — Because their behaviour was not seemly, for they were like a disciple who decides questions in the very presence of his teacher. Now, according to these two other opinions [the wish expressed by Moses,] Would that all the Lord's people were prophets<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XI, 29. ');"><sup>29</sup></span>
Tosafot on Sanhedrin
"and they will cease on their own" -- the interpretation is that their prophecy will cease, because the Shechinah does not descend in the midst of sadness, but rather in the midst of joy.
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Rashi on Sanhedrin
From the mouth of the interpreter: So that when foreign-speaking witnesses came to testify before them, they did not have to contend with the doubters among them that this was hearsay.
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