Midrash for Sanhedrin 133:18
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר רב יהודה אמר רב מדיחי עיר הנדחת שנו כאן:
this applies to both man and woman. If so, why is a [<i>female</i>] <i>witch</i> stated? — Because mostly women engage in witchcraft. How are they executed? — R. Jose the Galilean said: Here it is written, <i>Thou shalt not suffer a witch</i> to live; whilst elsewhere is written, <i>Thou shalt not suffer anything that breatheth</i> to live.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XX, 17. This refers to the war of extermination against the seven races inhabiting Canaan before the Conquest by Joshua. They would naturally be killed by the sword. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"mechashef" (a sorcerer): One who performs an act is liable (under this interdict); one who (merely) deceives the eyes is not liable.
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(Ibid. 16) "But from the cities of these people (the seven nations) … you shall not allow any soul to live": (But you shall slay them) by the sword.
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