Jewish%20thought for Sotah 5:7
א"ל ועבר וכבר עבר
The School of R. Ishmael taught: Why does the Torah believe one witness in the case of a suspected woman? Because there was some basis for the charge, seeing that he had warned her and she had secluded herself with the man, and one witness testifies that she had 'defiled' [misconducted] herself. R. Papa said to Abaye, But the warning is mentioned in the text after the seclusion and misconduct?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The matter of seclusion and misconduct is mentioned in Num. V, 12f, and the warning from jealousy in verse 14. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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