Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 64:5
על מה נטמאת על עסקי שחוק וילדות ובמה היא נטמאת בשוגג או במזיד באונס [או] ברצון וכל כך למה שלא להוציא לעז על מים המרים
Why she had misconducted herself- because of levity and childishness. And in what manner she had misconducted herself — whether in error or deliberately, under compulsion or of free will. But why all this? So as not to discredit the water of bitterness.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that if she had offended in error or under compulsion and the water did not affect her, she should not think there would have been no effect if she had offended deliberately or of her free will. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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