Commentary for Sanhedrin 223:4

עד שיודח רובה: היכי עבדינן אמר רב יהודה דנין וחובשין דנין וחובשין א"ל עולא נמצא אתה מענה את דינן של אלו אלא אמר עולא דנין וסוקלין דנין וסוקלין

Said 'Ulla to him: Then thou delayest the judgment of these.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is forbidden. ');">⁷</span> But 'Ulla said thus: We judge and stone them, and judge and stone.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., every few caught practising idolatry are stoned, as idolaters. But when half of a town have thus been executed, and there are still more, the place is declared a condemned city, and the rest are decapitated. ');">⁸</span>

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