Shoftim 19:13 · unit 1

TT #219 · Parashas Shoftim · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 19:13

The Complete Passuk

לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵינְךָ֖ עָלָ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧ דַם־הַנָּקִ֛י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְט֥וֹב לָֽךְ׃

Your eye shall not pity him; you shall purge the innocent blood from Yisrael, and it shall be good for you.

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 186 / Makkos.

TT lemma: לֹא תָחוֹס עֵינְךָ.

Core Text

לֹא תָחוֹס עֵינְךָ עָלָיו – שֶׁלֹּא תְלַמֵּד עָלָיו זְכוּת.

English: ‘Your eye shall not pity him’ – that you not find grounds to acquit him.

On the daf / in context: No misplaced mercy for the intentional murderer.

Derash against misplaced pity (Sifrei) — the verse forbids shielding the deliberate killer.

One must not pity the intentional murderer; the innocent blood must be purged from Yisrael so that it may be well with the people.