Musar for Sotah 67:9

מכאן אתה מחשב לאשכול שנאמר (במדבר יג, כג) וישאוהו במוט בשנים ממשמע שנאמר במוט איני יודע שבשנים מה תלמוד לומר בשנים בשני מוטות

as it is said: And they bare it upon a staff between two.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIII, 23. ');">¹⁶</span> From the fact that it is stated upon a staff do I not know that it [was carried] between two? Why, then, is there a text to state 'between two'? [It means] on two staffs. R. Isaac said: [It means] a series of balancing poles.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For four couples of carriers. ');">¹⁷</span>

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