Ki Seitzei 22:22 · unit 1

TT #262 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:22

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֨א אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁכֵ֣ב ׀ עִם־אִשָּׁ֣ה בְעֻֽלַת־בַּ֗עַל וּמֵ֨תוּ֙ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם הָאִ֛ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִם־הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה וְהָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die — the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Chabad.org — 22:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 240 / Sanhedrin.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי יִמָּצֵא אִישׁ שֹׁכֵב עִם אִשָּׁה בְעֻלַת בַּעַל – מִיתַת נוֹאֵף וְנוֹאֶפֶת.

English: “If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband” — the death penalty for the adulterer and the adulteress.

On the daf / in context: The verse is the primary source for the capital liability of both parties in a case of adultery with a married woman.

Type of Learning

Identification of the capital prohibition.

What Is Learned

Both the man and the married woman are liable to death for adultery.