Talmud for Kiddushin 18:21

ומי אית ליה לרב האי סברא והתניא באו עליה י' אנשים ועדיין היא בתולה כולם בסקילה רבי אומר אומר אני הראשון בסקילה וכולם בחנק

And Rabbi: how does he know this conclusion? - If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the verse teaches only that intercourse is one of the methods of betrothal.');">²⁵</span> Scripture should have written; and hath intercourse: why [state] 'and hath intercourse with her? ' Thus both are deduced.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (i) that a woman may be acquired by intercourse and (ii) a Hebrew bondsmaid cannot be so acquired.');">²⁶</span> But according to Raba, who said: Bar Ahina explained it to me: 'When a man taketh a woman and hath intercourse with her': [this teaches:] kiddushin<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Implied by, when a man taketh.');">²⁷</span> that can be followed by<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that is given over to.'');">²⁸</span> intercourse is [valid] kiddushin, that which cannot be followed by intercourse is not [valid] kiddushin;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 51a.');">²⁹</span> what can one say?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the verse is needed for this purpose.');">³⁰</span> - If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the only purpose of the verse is to shew that a bondsmaid cannot be acquired by intercourse.');">³¹</span> Scripture should have written, or 'hath intercourse with her': why [state], 'and hath intercourse with her? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'And' implies that the taking - i.e., kiddushin - and the cohabitation are interdependent.');">³²</span> Thus all are inferred. And Rabbi: how does he employ this phrase,' who had intercourse [be'ulath] with a husband? ' - He utilizes it [to teach:] her husband renders her a be'ulah unnaturally,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., by unnatural cohabitation.');">³³</span> but not a stranger.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because 'be'ulah' is connected with 'a husband': if she had cohabited with her husband, no matter how, she is a be'ulah.');">³⁴</span> But does Rabbi hold this view? Has it not been taught: If ten men cohabited [unnaturally] with her [sc. a betrothed maiden] and she is still a virgin, all are stoned. Rabbi said: I maintain, the first is stoned, but the rest are strangled.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra.');">³⁵</span>

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