"One woman said, 'Oh, my lord, I and this woman live in the same house; and I gave birth while she was in the house.'" — The first woman's account: *ani ve-ha-isha ha-zot yoshvot be-bayit 'echad va-'elad be-otar hi ba-bayit* (I and this woman live in the same house, and I gave birth while she was in the house). The shared residence—two harlots in one house—establishes the domestic intimacy within which the dispute arises. The birth during the woman's presence is temporally significant.

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