Commentary for Bekhorot 81:61

אמר אביי

liable to the penalty of death? - The reference here is to cases where there is only one witness or where the owners confess.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The animal is not stoned in such circumstances, as the law is that one who confesses an act which entails a fine is exempt from the fine; and the stoning of an animal is a fine on its owner.');">³⁶</span>

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