How are witnesses punished for hazamah? “We testify regarding so-and-so that he is the son of a divorcee,” or, “the son of a chalutzah.' We do not say [that] this one should be made [like] the son of a divorcee or the son of a chalutzah in his stead; rather, he is flogged forty [lashes]. “We testify against so-and-so that he is liable to exile.” We do not say [that] this one should be exiled in his stead; rather, he is flogged forty [lashes]. “We testify against so-and-so that he divorced his wife,” and he did not give her the kesubah. Now, either today or to-morrow he may have to give her the kesubah. We [therefore] assess how much a person would want to give for this [woman's] kesubah, [on the chance] that she becomes widowed or divorced; and [that] if she dies, her husband will inherit her. “We testify against so-and-so that he owes another one thousand zuz to be paid between now and thirty days,” and he says, “Between now and ten years” —- we assess how much a person would give so that one thousand zuz should be in his possession, [and] instead of [having to] repay them within thirty days, to have up to ten years to repay them.

“We testify against so-and-so that he owes another two hundred zuz,” and they were found to be zomemim, they are flogged and must pay, for it is not the Scriptural verse that makes him liable for lashes that makes him liable for monetary payment; [these are] the words of R' Meir. But the Sages say: Whoever pays is not flogged.

“We testify against so-and-so that he is liable to forty lashes,” and they were found to be zomemim, they are flogged eighty [lashes] —- because of (Exodus 20:13): You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor, and because of (Deut. 19:19): And you shall do to him as he planned to do; [these are] the words of R' Meir. But the Sages say: They are flogged only forty [lashes]. They divide [payments of] money, but they do not divide lashes. How so? [If] they testified against him that he owed another two hundred zuz, and they were found to be zomemim, they divide [it] among themselves. But if they testified against him that he was liable to forty lashes, and they were found to be zomemim, each one is flogged forty [lashes].

One who prophesies in the name of a strange god —- and says, “Thus said the strange god,” [is liable] even though he con-formed with the law to render tamei that which is tamei or to render tahor that which is tahor.  One who commits adultery —- once she has entered the domain of the husband for marriage, even if she has not [yet] had conjugal relations, one who cohabits with her is strangled.  The zomemim [witnesses] of the daughter of a Kohen and the one who cohabited with her —- for all zomeimim [witnesses] advance to that death except for the zomemim [witnesses] of the daughter of a Kohen and the man who cohabited with her.