 Rabbi Simeon ben Jose replied that if in their death no worm could touch the Israelites, how much less could vermin in their lifetime.Rabbi Eleazar asked whether they did not smell because of perspiration.Rabbi Simeon ben Jose replied that they used to play with the sweet-scented grass around the well, as says, “And the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.”

Rabbi Eleazar interpreted the words, "Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and make them," in to teach that Scripture regards one who teaches Torah to a neighbor's child as though he himself had created the words of the Torah, as it is written.