Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 62:2
(במדבר לה, כא) מות יומת המכה אין לי אלא במיתה הכתובה בו מנין שאם אי אתה יכול להמיתו במיתה הכתובה בו שאתה רשאי להמיתו בכל מיתה שאתה יכול להמיתו ת"ל מות יומת מ"מ
I know only [that he is to be executed] by the mode of death prescribed in his case: whence do I know that if you cannot execute him with the death prescribed for him, you may slay him with any death you are able? From the verse, 'He shall surely be put to death', meaning under all circumstances. <i>Thou shalt surely smite [the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword]</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With reference to an idolatrous city. Deut. XIII, 16. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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