The Jerusalem Talmud read the reference to “congregation” in to support the proposition that ten comprise a congregation. Rabbi Abba and Rabbi Yasa said in the name of Rabbi Joḥanan that Scripture uses the word “congregation” in , “The congregation shall judge, and the congregation shall rescue,” and also in , “How long shall this wicked congregation murmur against me?” and argued that just as the word “congregation” in refers to ten persons (the twelve spies minus Joshua and Caleb), the word “congregation” in , must refer to ten persons, and thus judgments needed to take place in the presence of ten.Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 75b (7:3), in, e.g., The Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation and Commentary, edited by Jacob Neusner and translated by Jacob Neusner, Tzvee Zahavy, B. Barry Levy, and Edward Goldman.
