"a man or a woman": What is the intent of this? Because we find with a condemned city (viz. Ibid. 13:16) that (only) many who served (idolatry) are (put to death) by the sword, I might think that the same obtains with individuals (who did so); it is, therefore, written
(Ibid. 17:5) "Then you shall take out that man or that woman." Because we find that those who were incited are killed by the sword, I might think that the same applies to the inciters; it is, therefore, written (Ibid.) "the man or the woman and you shall stone them with stones and they shall die." Because we find that a "condemned city" is not declared through (the incitement of) an individual or of women, I might think that they are not liable (to the death penalty); it is, therefore, written (Ibid. 2) "a man or a woman who would do what is evil in the eyes of the L-rd your G-d, to break His covenant."