Midrash for Sotah 45:1
האומרת טמאה אני לך ושבאו לה עדים שהיא טמאה והאומרת איני שותה ושבעלה אינו רוצה להשקותה ושבעלה בא עליה בדרך
SHE WHO SAYS, 'I AM UNCLEAN TO THEE',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To her husband through infidelity. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> WHEN WITNESSES CAME [AND TESTIFIED] THAT SHE HAD MISCONDUCTED HERSELF, SHE WHO SAYS I REFUSE TO DRINK, WHEN THE HUSBAND REFUSES TO LET HER DRINK, AND WHEN HER HUSBAND COHABITED WITH HER ON THE JOURNEY [TO JERUSALEM]. FURTHERMORE, THE MEAL-OFFERINGS OF ALL WOMEN MARRIED TO PRIESTS ARE DESTROYED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although not defiled. The law of Lev. II, 3 does not apply, v. Gemara. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 21:22) "And if there be in a man a sin whose judgment is death, then he shall be put to death, and you shall hang him on a tree.": A man is hanged (i.e., suspended after death) and not a woman. R. Eliezer says: A woman, too, is hanged.
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