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לעולם כרבי ישמעאל, והכי קאמר: את אביה – ברשות אביה, בשריפה; ואת חמיה – מחמיה, בסקילה; וכל אדם – בחנק.
Actually, R' Eliezer’s statement is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael, and this is what he is saying: The expression: With her father, means under her father’s authority, i.e., she is still betrothed, and she is executed by burning if she commits adultery. And the expression: With her father-in-law, means that after getting married, she has sex with her father-in-law, and she is therefore executed by stoning. And if she commits adultery with any other man after getting married, she is executed by strangulation, like any other married woman.
אמר רבא: מאי שנא? או אידי ואידי ממש, או אידי ואידי רשות.
Rava says: What is different between the wording of the two clauses of R' Eliezer’s statement that allows for them to be understood differently? Either explain this one and that one literally, i.e., that she has sex with her father or father-in-law, or explain this one and that one as referring to the authority of the father or father-in-law.
אלא אמר רבא: לעולם כרבי שמעון, וקסבר רבי אליעזר נשואה כארוסה. מה ארוסה חד דרגא מסקינן לה, מסקילה לשריפה, אף נשואה חד דרגא מסקינן לה, מחנק לסקילה.
Rather, Rava says: Actually, R' Eliezer’s statement is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon that burning is more severe than stoning, and R' Eliezer holds that the halakha of the married daughter of a priest is comparable to that of the betrothed one. Just as with regard to the betrothed daughter of a priest we raise her punishment by one level vis-à-vis the betrothed daughter of a non-priest, from stoning to burning, so too, with regard to the married daughter of a priest, we raise her punishment by one level vis-à-vis the married daughter of a non-priest, from strangulation to stoning.