Commentary for Sotah 4:3
אלא טעמא דכתיב לא יקום עד אחד באיש הא לאו הכי הוה אמינא עד דסוטה חד הוא ואי אפילו חד ליכא אלא במאי מיתסרא
This establishes the rule that wherever it is stated 'witness', it signifies two unless the text specifies 'one'; and [in the case under discussion] the All-Merciful declares that when there are not two witnesses against her but only one, and she has not been violated,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But consented to the act. Num. V, 13. The English Version translates the verb she be not taken in the act; but the Rabbis understood it in the sense that she was not forced to misconduct and was a consenting party. Cf. the use of the same verb in Deut. XXII, 28. If she had been violated, she was exempt from the ordeal. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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