Quoting%20commentary for Sotah 94:15

וכי תימא עון אשת איש אין עון דפנויה לא ת"ש כי הם עם הזונות יפרדו ועם הקדשות יזבחו וגו'

What you might have said was that when we follow the majority of persons [who testify] it is for taking the severer view, but to take the lenient view we do not follow [the majority]. Therefore [the Mishnah] informs us [of one case where the neck is broken and one where it is not, and in each the majority is followed].

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