Commentary for Yevamot 152:8
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> עמוני ומואבי אסורים ואיסורן איסור עולם אבל נקבותיהם מותרות מיד
WE SHALL ACCEPT IT; BUT IF IT IS ONLY AN INFERENCE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of R. Simeon's own reasoning. ');"><sup>25</sup></span> AN OBJECTION CAN BE POINTED OUT. HE REPLIED: NOT SO.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though the ruling were based on an inference no valid objection could be advanced against it. V. Gemara infra. ');"><sup>26</sup></span> [BUT IN FACT] IT IS AN <i>HALACHAH</i> THAT I AM REPORTING. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Whence are these laws inferred? — R. Johanan replied: Scripture stated, And when Sail saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said into Abner, the captain of the host: 'Abner, whose son is this youth'? And Abner said: 'As thy soul liveth, O King, I cannot tell'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XVII, 55. ');"><sup>27</sup></span>
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