Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 24:9

והנה נער בכה קרי ליה ילד וקרי ליה נער תנא הוא ילד וקולו כנער דברי רבי יהודה אמר לו רבי נחמיה א"כ עשיתו למשה רבינו בעל מום אלא מלמד שעשתה לו אמו חופת נעורים בתיבה אמרה שמא לא אזכה לחופתו

And, behold, the boy wept<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. II, 6. The text is literally: she saw him the child. ');">¹²</span> — he is called a 'child' and then a 'boy'! — A Tanna taught: He was a child but his voice was like that of a grown boy; such is the view of R. Judah. R. Nehemiah said to him, If so, you have made our master Moses into one possessed of a blemish;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His voice would be abnormal, and this disqualified a Levite from the Temple-ministry. ');">¹⁴</span>

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