Midrash for Sanhedrin 222:7
זה חומר ביחידים מבמרובים שהיחידים בסקילה לפיכך ממונם פלט והמרובין בסייף לפיכך ממונם אבד
'to the gate' — to those who repair morning and evening to the synagogue and house of study. But the Attribute of Judgment protested before the Holy One, blessed be He:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V, p. 630, n. 7. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> 'Sovereign of the Universe! Wherein do these differ from those?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Those who have these qualities, how are they differentiated from those who lack them? ');"><sup>14</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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