Commentary for Sotah 32:7
ורבנן ההוא לגופיה דהכי קאמר רחמנא אטביל בדם ובמים
[How is this argument met by] R. Ishmael? — In that case, the All-Merciful should have written: 'And he shall dip in them'; so why [is it stated] in blood and in water? That [the blood] must be recognisable. And [how is this argument met by] the Rabbis? — If the All-Merciful had written: 'And he shall dip in them', I might have imagined [that he was to dip] in each separately; therefore He wrote 'in blood and in water' to indicate that they must be mixed. [How does] R. Ishmael [answer this point]? That they are to be mixed [is learnt from] another verse; it is written: And kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 5. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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