Commentary for Yevamot 121:4

(במדבר לא, יט) כל הורג נפש וכל נוגע בחלל תתחטאו דלמא איקטיל חד מישראל ורבנן לא נפקד ממנו איש ור' שמעון בן יוחי לא נפקד ממנו איש לעבירה

— One of the Israelites might have been slain. And the Rabbis?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How could they infer from this text that idolaters also impart levitical uncleanness? ');">⁹</span> — [Scripture states]. There lacketh not one man of us.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXXI, 49, so that the verse cannot refer to the corpses of Israelites. ');">¹⁰</span> And R. Simeon b. Yohai? — There lacketh not one man of us, through indulgence in sin.

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