Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 22:18

18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

(i. e.) Any person that is in league with the Devil, and by his help either doth any mischief, or discover and practises things above the reach of other men or women▪ [illegible: 1+ letters]f which see Exod. 7. 11. Levit. 20. 27. Deut. 18. 10. 1 Sam. 28. 9. The word is of the feminine gender, partly because Women are most prone to these Devilish arts, and most frequently guilty of them; and partly to intimate that no pity should be shewed to such offenders, though they were of the weaker sex.

Marginal references: Lev. 19. [illegible: 1 word] 31.