Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 13:12

אמרו לו לא אם אמרת בנדה שכן יש לה היתר תאמר בסוטה שאין לה היתר ואומר (משלי ט, יז) מים גנובים ימתקו וגו'

And [how do] the Rabbis [meet this argument]? — The same reasoning establishes [their view]: in the case of a wife during menstruation where the penalty is excision, since it is so stringent, the husband is trusted; but in the case of a wife under suspicion where [cohabitation] is a mere prohibition, since there is no stringent [penalty] for him, he is not trusted. But does R. Judah derive his view from <i>a fortiori</i> reasoning? He surely derives it from a Scriptural text; for it has been taught: Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 15. ');">¹²</span>

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