Reference for Sotah 7:4

חֲלִיצָה כֵּיצַד, (שם כה) וְעָנְתָה וְאָמְרָה, וּלְהַלָּן הוּא אוֹמֵר וְעָנוּ הַלְוִיִּם וְאָמְרוּ, מָה עֲנִיָּה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן בִּלְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ, אַף כָּאן בִּלְשׁוֹן הַקֹּדֶשׁ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, וְעָנְתָה וְאָמְרָה כָּכָה, עַד שֶׁתֹּאמַר בַּלָּשׁוֹן הַזֶּה:

<i>Halitzah</i>: How so? [It says] (Deuteronomy 25:9) "she will recite and say" and later on it says (Deuteronomy 27:14) "and the Levites will recite and say." Just like reciting and saying there is in the holy tongue, so here it is in the holy tongue. Rabbi Yehuda says (Deuteronomy 25:9) "she will recite and say, 'Thus...'"; until she says it in this language.

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