Commentary for Sanhedrin 127:7
א"ל נביא שדיוהו בדודא דאברא וכסיוה באברא דשייף קליה דכתיב (זכריה ה, ח) ויאמר זאת הרשעה וישלך אותה אל תוך האיפה וישלך את האבן העופרת אל פיה
[In perplexity] they cried: 'What shall we do? Maybe Heaven will pity him!' The prophet answered: Cast him into a lead cauldron, and cover it withlead to absorb his voice, as it is written, And he said, This is wickedness;and he cast it into the midst of the ephah: and he cast the weight of leadupon the mouth thereof.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zech. V. 8. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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