Commentary for Yevamot 120:11

מנא ידעי אמר רב הונא בר ביזנא אמר ר' שמעון חסידא העבירום לפני הציץ כל שפניה מוריקות בידוע שהיא ראויה ליבעל כל שאין פניה מוריקות בידוע שאינה ראויה ליבעל אמר רב נחמן סימן לעבירה הדרוקן

for cohabitation. You say, 'Of one who is fit for cohabitation'; perhaps it is not so but of one who had actual intercourse? — As Scripture stated, <i>But all women children, that have not known man by lying with him</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implying that any grown-up woman is not to be spared, even if she hath not known man. ');">²⁴</span> it must be concluded that Scripture speaks of one who is fit for cohabitation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not one who had actually experienced it. ');">²³</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; Whence did they know?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which of the Midianite women, referred to in the texts quoted, was, or was not fit for cohabitation. ');">²⁵</span>

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