Shoftim 19:05 · unit 6
TT #208 · Parashas Shoftim · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 19:05
The Complete Passuk
וַאֲשֶׁר֩ יָבֹ֨א אֶת־רֵעֵ֥הוּ בַיַּעַר֮ לַחְטֹ֣ב עֵצִים֒ וְנִדְּחָ֨ה יָד֤וֹ בַגַּרְזֶן֙ לִכְרֹ֣ת הָעֵ֔ץ וְנָשַׁ֤ל הַבַּרְזֶל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ וּמָצָ֥א אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת ה֗וּא יָנ֛וּס אֶל־אַחַ֥ת הֶעָרִים־הָאֵ֖לֶּה וָחָֽי׃
And one who comes with his fellow into the forest to chop wood, and his hand swings with the axe to cut the tree, and the iron slips from the wood and finds his fellow and he dies – he shall flee to one of these cities and live.
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Source Citation
Torah Temimah points to Makkot 10a .
TT lemma: אֶל אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה .
Sefaria — Makkot 10a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
אֶל אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה – לְרַבּוֹת אֶת כׇּל עָרֵי הַמִּקְלָט.
English: ‘To one of these cities’ – to include all the cities of refuge.
On the daf / in context: Any of the designated cities may be used.
Type of Learning Derash expanding the options (Bavli) — the killer may choose any of the cities.
What Is Learned The accidental killer may flee to any one of the cities of refuge; all of them provide the same protection.
Source pointed to by Torah Temimah. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.