(ט) רִבִּי אַבָּא וְרִבִּי חִיָּיא הֲווֹ אָזְלֵי בְּאוֹרְחָא, אָמַר רִבִּי חִיָּיא, כְּתִיב, (ויקרא כ''ג) וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם מִמָּחֳרָת הַשַּׁבָּת מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם אֶת עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה. מַאי קָא מַיְירֵי. אָמַר לֵיהּ, הָא אוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָּיא.
(י) אֲבָל תָּא חֲזֵי, יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּד הֲווֹ בְּמִצְרַיִם, הֲווֹ בִּרְשׁוּתָא אָחֳרָא, וַהֲווּ אֲחִידָן בִּמְסָאֲבוּתָא, כְּאִתְּתָא דָּא, כַּד הִיא יָתְבָא בְּיוֹמֵי דִּמְסָאֲבוּתָא. בָּתַר דְּאִתְגְּזָרוּ, עָאלוּ בְּחוּלָקָא קַדִּישָׁא, דְּאִקְרֵי בְּרִית. כֵּיוָן
(9) Rabbi Abba and Rabbi Hiya were walking on the way. Rabbi Hiya said - It's written "And you will count for yourselves from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the waving; [seven complete weeks shall there be]" What does this mean? He responded - the companions have already established it.
(10) But come and see - when Israel was in Egypt, they were in the "other domain", and were held in impurity. This is comparable to a woman that is sitting in the days of her impurity. After they were circumcised they entered the holy portion called "Covenant". Since...