Quoting%20commentary for Sotah 55:22

מכאן אתה דן לשרץ ומה סוטה שלא עשה בה שוגג כמזיד ואונס כרצון עשה בה ספק כודאי שרץ שעשה בו שוגג כמזיד ואונס כרצון אינו דין שיעשה בו ספק

she be defiled,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14. ');">²¹</span> and she is defiled?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 29. ');">²²</span> One [to make her prohibited] to the husband, one to the paramour, and one for partaking of the heave-offering. This is the statement of R. Akiba. R. Ishmael said: It is an <i>a fortiori</i> conclusion; if a divorced woman,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., a priest's daughter who had been married to a non-priest, v. Lev. XXII, 13. ');">²³</span> who is allowed to partake of the heave-offering, is prohibited [to marry into] the priesthood, how much more must a woman who is prohibited from partaking of the heave-offering<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because of suspected adultery. ');">²⁴</span> be prohibited [to marry into] the priesthood!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This will be explained anon. ');">²⁵</span> For what purpose<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The exposition that follows is independent of the preceding. ');">²⁶</span> is it stated and she be defiled&nbsp;… and she be not defiled?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 14. ');">²⁷</span> If she be defiled, why should she drink; and if she be not defiled, why does he make her drink! Scripture informs you that in a doubtful case she is prohibited. From this you can draw an analogy [with respect to the defilement caused] by a creeping thing:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., when it is doubtful whether defilement has been caused. ');">²⁸</span> if in the case of a suspected woman, where the effect is not the same should the act be in error or in presumption, under compulsion or of free will,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the woman acted in error or under force, she does not undergo the ordeal. ');">²⁹</span> there is the consequence [of being prohibited] when there is a doubt as when there is certainty; how much more so must there be the consequence [of defilement] in a case of doubt as in a case of certainty with a creeping thing where the effect is the same whether [the contact was] in error or in presumption, or whether it was under compulsion or of free will!

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