Commentary for Sanhedrin 69:4

אלא כדי שישוב חרון אף מישראל:

whereas [cases that involve only] one mode of execution<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the crime committed is the same, as in this case. ');">⁷</span> may be tried? — But it was so, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When it was seen that all the chiefs were concerned in punishing the sinners. ');">⁸</span>

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