Yehudah says — It is written (Leviticus 20 — 27) "And a man or

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Nezikin 17:17

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 3, 2025

R. Yehudah says: It is written (Leviticus 20:27) "And a man or a woman, if there be in them an ov or a yidoni" (shall be stoned). Now "ov" and "yidoni" are types of witchcraft. Why were they singled out for special mention? To teach that just as these are (killed) by stoning, so all (types of) witches are (killed) by stoning. We have heard the punishment. Whence do we derive the exhortation? From (Devarim 18:10) "There shall not be found among you one who passes his son or daughter through fire, a diviner, a soothsayer an enchanter or a witch."

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Leviticus 20:27

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