Midrash for Sanhedrin 222:4
(ישעיהו כח, ו) ולרוח משפט ליושב על המשפט ולגבורה משיבי מלחמה שערה ולרוח משפט זה הרודה את יצרו וליושב על המשפט זה הדן דין אמת לאמיתו ולגבורה זה המתגבר ביצרו משיבי מלחמה זה שנושא ונותן במלחמתה של תורה שערה אלו שמשכימין ומעריבין בבתי כנסיות ובתי מדרשות
I might think, this applies to all; therefore Scripture states, unto the residue of his people, [meaning] unto those who make themselves as a remnant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., of no value; hence, to the humble. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 6. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
From here they ruled: (The members of) an ass-caravan or a camel caravan that goes from place to place and rested within it, and they were turned astray with them — If it camped there for thirty days, they are put to death by the sword and their possessions are lost; if less than thirty days, they are put to death by stoning, and their possessions "escape."
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Sifrei Devarim
(Ibid. 17:5) "Then you shall take out that man or that woman." Because we find that those who were incited are killed by the sword, I might think that the same applies to the inciters; it is, therefore, written (Ibid.) "the man or the woman and you shall stone them with stones and they shall die." Because we find that a "condemned city" is not declared through (the incitement of) an individual or of women, I might think that they are not liable (to the death penalty); it is, therefore, written (Ibid. 2) "a man or a woman who would do what is evil in the eyes of the L-rd your G-d, to break His covenant."
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