Midrash for Sanhedrin 222:8
(דברים יג, טז) הכה תכה את יושבי העיר הזאת לפי חרב החמרת והגמלת העוברת ממקום למקום הרי אלו מצילין אותה
— He replied, 'But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way … paku peliliyah they stumble in judgement.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment','[H] Ibid. 7. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> Now pukah [the root idea of paku] can only mean the Gehenna, as it is said, That this shall be no grief unto thee;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] I Sam. XXV, 31. ');"><sup>16</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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