[When] the flesh has decomposed, they gather the bones and bury them in their place. The relatives come to inquire after the welfare of the judges and the witnesses, as if to say: We have nothing in our hearts against you, because you have judged correctly. They do not mourn, but they grieve, for grieving is only in the heart.

Four executions were given to the courts: stoning, burning, beheading, and strangulation. R’ Shimon says: Burning, stoning, strangulation, and beheading. This is the procedure for those who are stoned.

[This is] the procedure for those who are burned: They place him in manure up to his knees, and place a coarse scarf inside a soft one and wind it around his neck. This one pulls toward himself and this one pulls toward himself until he opens his mouth. One melts a bar [of lead] and pours it into his mouth; and it descends into his bowels and burns his intestines. R’ Yehudah says: If he dies in their hands they have not fulfilled the commandment of burning. Rather, they force open his mouth with tongs; one melts the bar and pours it into his mouth, and it descends into his bowels and burns his intestines. Said R’ Elazar ben Tzadok: It once occurred with the daughter of a Kohen that she committed adultery, and they surrounded her with bundles of branches and burned her. They said to him: Because the court at that time was not expert.

[This is] the procedure for those who are beheaded: They decapitate him with a sword, in the manner in which the government does. R’ Yehudah says: This is a disgrace. Rather, they place his head on a block and cut it off with an axe. They said to him: There is no more disgraceful manner of death than this.  [This is] the procedure for those who are strangled: They place him in manure up to his knees, and place a coarse scarf inside a soft one and wind it around his neck. This one pulls toward himself and this one pulls toward himself until his life departs.