Midrash for Sanhedrin 68:14
ר' יוחנן סתמא אחריתא אשכח דיני ממונות דנין ביום וגומרין בלילה
Now, what connection have controversies with leprosies? — But controversies are assimilated to leprosies: just as leprosies [must be examined] by day, since it is written, And in the day when [raw flesh] appeareth in him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIII, 14. ');"><sup>26</sup></span> so controversies [must be tried] by day; and just as leprosies cannot [be examined] by the blind,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Even of one eye only. v. Neg. II, 3.] ');"><sup>27</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"and by their word shall every contention and every plague-spot be (ruled upon."): Contentions are being compared to plague-spots, and plague-spots to contentions. Just as plague-spots are (ruled upon) only in the daytime, so, contentions. And just as contentions are not (ruled upon) by kin, so, plague-spots. If so, why not say: Just as contentions require three (judges), so, plague-spots.
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