Commentary for Sanhedrin 80:19

מכירים אתם אותו: תנו רבנן מכירים אתם אותו נכרי הרג ישראל הרג התריתם בו קיבל עליו התראה התיר עצמו למיתה המית בתוך כדי דיבור

Seven [are employed] to indicate the seven queries: then subtracting the three needed for the <i>gezerah shawah</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. concerning the word 'diligently' in the cases of idolatry, Zomemim, and the condemned city. ');">³⁷</span> one still remains, whose purpose according to R. Simeon, is to include the cases of burning,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That there too the witnesses must be examined with the seven queries of time and place. ');">³⁸</span>

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