13) "No hand shall touch it" — not (i

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Bachodesh 3:12

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(Ibid. 13) "No hand shall touch it": not (i.e., this does not apply to) Shiloh, not the tent of meeting, and not the Temple. "for stoned shall he be stoned": Whence is it to be derived that he is to be pushed down (from a high place)? From "cast down." And whence is it derived that if he died by being pushed down this satisfies the commandment? From "stoned shall he be stoned or cast down shall he be cast down." And whence is it derived that all stoning is thus satisfied? From (the redundant) "stoned shall he be stoned or cast down shall he be cast down." "beast": This tells me only of a beast. Whence do I derive the same for an animal? From "whether beast." Whence do I derive the same for a woman? From "whether man." "he shall not live":

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