Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 212:1
(יהושע יג, כב) הרגו בני ישראל [בחרב] אל חלליהם אמר רב שקיימו בו ארבע מיתות סקילה ושריפה הרג וחנק
<u><i>Did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. ');"><sup>1</sup></span></u> Rab said: <font>They subjected him to four deaths, stoning, burning, decapitation and strangulation</font>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is suggested by the use of the plural 'among them that were slain by them,' intimating that the various deaths inflicted upon others were all suffered by Balaam. Thus he was hung (strangulation), a fire was lit under him (burning), his head was struck off (decapitation), and then he was allowed to fall to earth (stoning); v. supra 45a. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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