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Sifrei on Deuteronomy

Sifrei Devarim 210

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Devarim 21:7) "And they shall answer and say": in the holy tongue.

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"Our hands have not spilled": Now would it enter our minds that the elders of beth-din are spillers of blood! (The intent is:) He (the slain one) was not "in our hands" and dismissed without a meal; and we did not see him, (corresponding to "our eyes have not seen") and let him go without an escort.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

And the Cohanim say (Ibid. 8) "Forgive Your people, Israel, which You have redeemed, O L-rd."

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"which You have redeemed ": This teaches that this atonement atones for those that left Egypt.

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"Forgive Your people": These are the living;

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These are the dead, whereby we are taught that the dead, too, require atonement, and that this atonement atones until the exodus from Egypt, and that the spiller of blood sins (retroactively) until the exodus from Egypt.

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English · Shraga Silverstein

"which You have redeemed": It is to this end that You redeemed us — that there be no spillers of blood among us. Variantly: It is to this end that You redeemed us — that if we sinned You would make atonement for us. "and the blood will be atoned unto them":

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English · Shraga Silverstein

The Holy Spirit says this: "If you do as prescribed herein, the blood will be atoned unto you."

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English · Shraga Silverstein

(Ibid. 9) "And you shall remove the innocent blood from your midst.": Remove the doers of evil from Israel.

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