Commentary for Yevamot 120:6
תניא ר' שמעון בן יוחי אומר גיורת פחותה מבת שלש שנים ויום אחד כשירה לכהונה שנאמר (במדבר לא, יח) וכל הטף בנשים אשר לא ידעו משכב זכר החיו לכם והרי פנחס עמהם
— His reason there is also derived from here, because he makes the following exposition: since [the Scriptural text], '<i>unto him</i>', was required to include one who is adolescent, it is to be inferred that '<i>virgin</i>' implies a perfect virgin. It was taught: R. Simeon b. Yohai stated: <font>A proselyte who is under the age of three years and one day is permitted to marry a priest</font>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' She is not regarded as a harlot. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> for it is said, <i>But all the women children that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXI, 18. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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