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Sifrei on DeuteronomySifrei Devarim 187

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Sifrei Devarim 187

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 19:11) "and he rise up against him, etc." (Ibid. 12) "Then the elders of his city shall send, and they shall take him from there": From here R. Yossi b. Yehudah says: If one slays a soul, whether unwittingly or wittingly — all proceed to the cities of refuge, and beth-din send and bring him from there.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

One who was liable to the death penalty was killed, viz. "Then the elders of his city shall send, and they shall take him from there."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

One who was not liable to the death penalty was let go, as it is written (Bamidbar 35:25) "then the congregation shall rescue the slayer."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

One who was liable to exile would be returned to his place (in the city of refuge), viz. (Ibid.) "then the congregation shall return him to his city of refuge."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

Rebbi says: The slayer himself would exile himself to the cities of refuge, thinking that they shielded the witting as well as the unwitting.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim, Ibid. 12) "and they shall place him into the hand of the avenger of blood and he shall die": Whence is it derived that if he did not die at the hands of the avenger of blood, he is to die at the hand of any man? From "and he shall die."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Ibid. 13) "Let your eye not pity him, and remove the innocent blood from Israel": Lest you say: If one has already been killed, why should we be guilty of the blood of others? It is, therefore, written "Let your eye not pity him." "and remove the innocent blood": Remove the doers of evil from Israel.

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