Commentary for Sotah 12:6

מתקיף לה רב משרשיא והלא פירחי כהונה מלוין אותה שזינתה מפירחי כהונה עצמן

and for that reason her meal-offering is destroyed. But if you say that the water does not prove her, it becomes evident retrospectively that the hallowing was from the commencement in error,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since witnesses proved her guilty and the ordeal was unnecessary. ');">⁶</span>

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