וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מ֥וֹת יוּמַ֖ת הָאִ֑ישׁ רָג֨וֹם אֹת֤וֹ בָֽאֲבָנִים֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
Y SEÑOR dijo á Moisés: Irremisiblemente muera aquel hombre; apedréelo con piedras toda la congregación fuera del campo.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Gamda asked30His question is about the degree of specificity required in the warning delivered to a person ready to commit a crime punishable by death. Is it sufficient to deliver a general warning as described in the preceding paragraph (Note 27) or does one have to specify the exact paragraph of the law being violated? In the case of the Sabbath, is it enough to warn a person not to do any work or does he have to be warned about which of the 39 prohibited types of work he is going to perform? The biblical evidence about the gatherer (Num. 15:32–36) shows that the Tosephta was correct in requiring only a general warning.: What was the gatherer’s guilt? Because of tearing off or because of reaping31In the list of the forbidden categories of work (Mishnah Šabbat 7:2–4) only reaping is mentioned, which means cutting off the produce from its root. All forms of harvesting are forbidden as derivatives of reaping. The question remains whether a warning about tearing off from the ground would also cover reaping; a warning about reaping certainly covers all forms of harvesting.? Let us hear from the following: The Children of Israel were in the desert when they found … This teaches that he was tearing wood off the ground32Sifry Num. 113..