Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 7:11

ר"ש דתניא שתים כהלכתן ושלישית אפילו טפח ר"ש אומר שלש כהלכתן ורביעית אפילו טפח במאי קמיפלגי רבנן סברי יש אם למסורת ור"ש סבר יש אם למקרא

making in all four references. So, subtracting one as required for the command itself, there are three left. Next comes the Sinaitic <i>Halachah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The traditional interpretation of the Law traceable to Sinai, see Hoffmann, Die Erste Mischna, p. 3. ');">¹⁷</span> and diminishes the third and fixes it at a hand-breadth. But R. Simeon is of the opinion that Mikra is determinant and thus all the three <i>bassukkoth</i> are to be read in the plural, making a total of six. One of these is required for the command itself, leaving four, and the fourth is diminished in virtue of the Sinaitic <i>Halachah</i>, to a handbreadth.

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