On that day R’ Akiva expounded: Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to HASHEM, and they spoke saying (Exodus 15:1). There is no necessity [for the verse] to say, “saying”; what [then] is meant by “saying”? It teaches that the Is-raelites responded to Moses after each phrase, as when they recite the Hallel; therefore it says, “saying.” R’ Nechemiah says: As when they recite the Shema, and not as when they recite the Hallel.

On that day R’ Yehoshua ben Hyrkanos expounded: Job served the Holy One, Blessed is He, only out of love, as it is stated (Job 13:15): Even should He kill me, yet will I put my trust in Him. But still the matter is in doubt —- [does the verse mean] I will trust in Him or I will not trust in Him? Learn from what is said (Job 27:5): Till I perish I will not discard my perfect faith; this shows that he acted out of love. R’ Yehoshua said: Who will remove the dust from you eyes, Rabban Yochanan ben Zak-kai! —- for you expounded all your life that Job served the Almighty only out of fear, as it is said (Job 1:8): A man who is wholesome and upright, God-fearing, and who shuns evil, but has not Yehoshua your disciple’s disciple shown that he acted out of love!

One who warned his wife and she went into seclusion, even if he heard from a passing bird, he must divorce her and pay her the marriage contract; these are the words of R’ Eliezer. R’ Yehoshua says: Not until the women who spin thread by moon-light gossip about her.

[If] a single witness testified, “I saw her become defiled,” she did not drink. Moreover, even a slave, and even a female slave, are believed to disqualify her from [receiving payment for] her marriage contract. Her mother-in-law, her mother-in-law’s daughter, her co-wife, her husband’s brother’s wife, and her husband’s daughter are all believed —- not [however] to dis-qualify her from [receiving payment for] her marriage contract, but only that she not drink.