Le Deutéronome 21:8 Passages liés

It was stated: Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob says, atonement is mentioned inside and atonement is mentioned outside⁹¹Atonement is mentioned explicitly for the Temple sacrifices of the Day of Atonement, and atonement is mentioned explicitly in the ceremony of the calf whose neck is broken far away from the Temple to atone for an unexplained homicide, Deut.21:8.. Since in atonement mentioned inside cattle atones for spillers of blood,⁹²Since for the calf whose neck is broken, atonement for spilled blood is mentioned explicitly, one has to switch the references to “inside” and “outside” in this sentence. The reference to an inside sacrifice is to one of the bulls sacrificed on the Day of Atonement; it is not specified which one is meant. also in atonement mentioned outside cattle atones for spillers of blood. Here unintentional, there intentional⁹³The tannaitic statement of R. Eliezer ben Jacob seems to contradict the late Amoraic statement of R. Simon that the atonement for unintentional homicide was the death of the High Priest, not any sacrifice. A first answer is that R. Eliezer ben Jacob refers to intentional homicide but R. Simon to unintentional.. There is a difference for the calf whose neck is broken, whether unintentional or intentional⁹⁴The previous answer is rejected, since neither the murderer nor his motives are known.. Rebbi Yose said, here for known offense, there for unknown offense⁹⁵The argument of R. Eliezer ben Jacob is rejected; only that of R. Simon is valid. It is impossible to compare the ceremony of the calf whose neck is broken to the Temple service, since in the first case it might be that the killer acted in justifiable self-defense and no sin at all was committed. But purification sacrifices are permitted only if both the fact of a sinful act and proof that it was unintentional are established..