Related%20passage for Sotah 69:15

נמצא ארון ונושאיו וכהנים מצד אחד וישראל מצד אחד נשא ארון את נושאיו ועבר שנאמר (יהושע ד, יא) ויהי כאשר תם כל העם לעבור ויעבור ארון ה' והכהנים לפני העם

R. Hanina b. Papa said: R. Shila of Kefar Temarthah expounded; It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The definite article in 'the plague' shows that it was not an ordinary epidemic. ');">²⁷</span> teaches that their tongue was elongated and reached down to their navel, and worms issued from their tongue and penetrated their navel and from their navel they penetrated their tongue. R. Nahman b. Isaac said: They died of croup.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was regarded as the severest form death could take (Ber. 8a) and was the fate of the slanderer (Shab. 33b). ');">²⁸</span>

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