Commentary for Yevamot 156:13

אמר רב חנא בר אדא נתינים דוד גזר עליהם שנאמר (שמואל ב כא, ב) ויקרא המלך לגבעונים ויאמר אליהם והגבעונים לא מבני ישראל המה וגו'

is in agreement with him who holds<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Hul. 120b. ');">³²</span> that a deduction is carried through in all respects,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'judge from it and from it', i.e., all that applies to the case from which deduction is made is also applicable to the case deduced. As the case of the bastard is deduced from that of the Ammonite in one respect, it must also agree with it in all other respects, including eligibility of the females after the tenth generation, as Resh Lakish ruled. It is only in respect of the first ten generations which are explicitly forbidden in Scripture that deduction could not be made (cf. supra p. 532, n. 15). ');">³³</span> while the other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling in our Mishnah. ');">³⁴</span>

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