Related for Ketubot 51:9

רבי יהודה אומר אין מעלין לכהונה על פי עד אחד וכו': רשב"ג היינו רבי אליעזר וכי תימא ערער חד איכא בינייהו דרבי אליעזר סבר ערער חד ורשב"ג סבר ערער תרי האמר רבי יוחנן דברי הכל אין ערער פחות משנים

Judah says: One does not raise [a person] to the priesthood on the testimony of one witness, etc… [ Rabbi Shimon ben Gamaliel says in the name of Rabbi Shimon the son of the assistant chief of priests: [a person] to the priesthood through the testimony of one witness.] Shimon b. Gamaliel is the same as R. Eliezer? And if you will say [that] they differ with regard to an objection raised by one person [in] that R. Eliezer holds that an objection [can be accepted from] one [person] and R. Shimon b. Gamaliel holds that an objection [must come from at least] two [people], did not R. Yohanan say: All agree that an objection [must come from] at least two persons?

Tosefta Ketubot

And similarly with two men—this one says, "My fellow is a kohen" and the other one says, "My fellow is a kohen"—they give to them [the priestly gifts]; but for priestly pedigree [i.e. to pass onto their children] they are not believed until there are 3 men, in order that 2 of them testify about the 3rd and the other 2 testify about the other 3rd. Rabbi Yehudah says: They don't even give them [the priestly gifts] until there are 2 to testify about this one and 2 to testify about this one. They raise someone to the priesthood, to being a Levite or an Israelite on the basis of one witness; but they do not lower someone except on the basis of 2 witnesses. Rabbi Yehudah says: Just as they don't lower someone except on the basis of 2, they don't raise except on the basis of 2.

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