Quoting%20commentary for Sotah 32:14

ת"ר הקדים עפר למים פסול ור' שמעון מכשיר מ"ט דרבי שמעון

and it has been taught: R. Simeon said: Was it dust and not ashes? The text changes the expression to indicate that a conclusion was to be drawn from it by the rule of analogy: it is mentioned here 'dust', and there [in the ceremony of the suspected woman] it is also mentioned 'dust'; as in the second instance the dust had to be placed over the water,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As stated in Num. V, 17. ');">¹¹</span>

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