Tosefta for Yevamot 83:18

שנאמר (שמואל א א, כ) ויהי לתקופות הימים מיעוט תקופות ב' מיעוט ימים ב'

— Even if she gave birth at eight months it might still be assumed to be the child of the last husband since it may be that her conception was delayed one month.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the child is one of seven months. ');">²⁹</span> Let her, then, wait two months and a half and marry, so that, were she to give birth at seven months, the child would obviously be a seven-months one of the last,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Husband. ');">²⁷</span>

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