Mesorat%20hashas for Makkot 40:11

רבי יוסי אומר מנין למשרט שריטה אחת על ה' מתים שהוא חייב על כל אחת ואחת ת"ל לנפש לחייב על כל נפש ונפש

Rebbi Yosi says, From where do we learn that one who makes 1 incision for 5 dead is culpable [for the punishment of lashes] for each person [incised for]? It is learned [from Leviticus 19:28 in the word] "for a person" (La-nefesh) that a person is culpable for each individual dead person.

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