Ki Seitzei 22:22 · unit 2

TT #263 · 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 / Sanhedrin.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וּמֵתוּ גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם – שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּמִיתָה.

English: “Then both of them shall die” — both are subject to the death penalty.

On the daf / in context: The verse explicitly includes both parties.

Type of Learning

Explicit inclusion of both.

What Is Learned

The death penalty applies equally to the man and to the woman.