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אמר ליה רב נחמן אילו הוו קמן ומכחישין להו הוה הכחשה ולא הוה משגיחין בהו דהוי לה עדות מוכחשת השתא דליתנהו דאילו הוו לקמן דלמא הוו מודו להו מהימני

Nahman said to him: If they had been before us and [the other two witnesses] had contradicted them, it would have been a contradiction, and we would not have paid any attention to them, because it is a contradicted testimony. Now that they are not here, and perhaps if they had been before us, they might [even] have admitted to them, why should they be believed?

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