Mesorat%20hashas for Megillah 16:4

אמר ליה אי סלקא דעתך האי למעוטי הוא דאתא לישתוק קרא מיניה וכי תימא אתיא מדינא שומרת יום כנגד יום תוכיח

He replied: If you would think that that text is for the purpose of excluding, then the text could simply omit the word. And should you say, we could then derive the rule [that he is to count seven days] by a logical deduction, such a deduction could be confuted by the case of the woman who counts day for day.

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