Commentary for Sanhedrin 90:7

אמר שמואל נקטעה יד העדים פטור מאי טעמא דבעינא (דברים יז, ז) יד העדים תהיה בו בראשונה וליכא

he [the condemned] goes free. Why so? — Because it is necessary that The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XVII, 7. ');">¹²</span> which is here impossible. But according to this, if they were without hands from the outset,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before they testified. ');">¹³</span>

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