Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 6:19
ת"ל (דברים כד, א) כי מצא בה ערות דבר ולהלן הוא אומר (דברים יט, טו) על פי שני עדים או על פי שלשה עדים יקום דבר מה דבר האמור להלן על פי שנים עדים אף כאן על פי שנים
is not established by fewer than two witnesses, is it not right that the final evidence [that she had misconducted herself] which prohibits her to him for all time, should not be established by fewer than two witnesses! Therefore there is a text to state, 'And there be no witness against her', [implying that], whatever [evidence] there may be against her [is believed, even if it be only one witness]. And with respect to the first evidence [about her seclusion with the man, that one witness suffices may be argued by] <i>a fortiori</i> reasoning as follows: If the final evidence [regarding misconduct], which prohibits her to her husband for all time, is established by one witness, is it not proper that the first evidence, which does not prohibit her to him for all time, should be established by one witness! Therefore there is a text to state, Because he hath found some unseemly matter in her,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIV, 1. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
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