Commentary for Yevamot 202:5

ואידך מונקרא נפקא

And they shall speak<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 9. ');">¹⁶</span> [also implies] two,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The plural representing no less than two. ');">¹⁷</span> [so that] here also [one might deduce]: According to R. Judah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who deduced from the other texts the number of five judges. ');">¹⁸</span> behold there are here nine; and according to the Rabbis,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Limiting the number of judges, as deduced supra, to three. ');">¹⁹</span> behold there are here seven! — That text<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXV, 9. ');">¹⁶</span>

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