4. Rabbi Shimon, Rabbi Aba, Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yitzchak were in the house of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair. Rabbi Pinchas spoke to Rabbi Shimon saying: I beg of you, you who are appointed from above, to speak openly about that which no other person was permitted to speak. Say something new about this passage. He said to him: Which passage is it? He said to him: "This is the ordinance of the Torah" (Bemidbar 19:2). He said to him: Here are the other friends, let them speak. He told his son, Rabbi Elazar: Elazar, stand up and say something about this passage. Then the friends will speak after you.
4. רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן וְר' אַבָּא וְר' אֶלְעָזָר וְר' יִצְחָק, הֲווֹ שְׁכִיחֵי בְּבֵי ר' פִּנְחָס בֶּן יָאִיר, אָמַר ר' פִּנְחָס לְר' שִׁמְעוֹן, בְּמָטוֹתָא מִנָּךְ אַנְתְּ דְּאוּקְמֵי עֲלָךְ לְעֵילָּא, וּמִילָּךְ בְּאִתְגַּלְיָיא, מַה דְּלָא אִתְיְהִיב רְשׁוּתָא לב"נ אַחֲרָא. בְּפַרְשְׁתָּא דָּא אֵימָא מִלָּה חַדְתָּא, אָ"ל וּמַאי הִיא. אָ"ל זֹאת חֻקַּת הַתּוֹרָה. אָ"ל הָא שְׁאַר חַבְרַיָיא יֹאמְרוּ. אָמַר לְר' אֶלְעָזָר בְּרֵיהּ, אֶלְעָזָר קוּם בְּקִיּוּמָךְ, וְאֵימָא מִלָּה חַד בְּפַרְשְׁתָּא דָּא, וְחַבְרַיָּיא יֵימְרוּן אֲבַתְרָךְ.