Shoftim 21:08 · unit 7

TT #392 · Parashas Shoftim · Seventh Aliyah · Passuk 21:08

The Complete Passuk

כַּפֵּר֩ לְעַמְּךָ֨ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־פָּדִ֙יתָ֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתֵּן֙ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֔י בְּקֶ֖רֶב עַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְנִכַּפֵּ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם הַדָּֽם׃

Atone for Your people Yisrael whom You have redeemed, O Eternal, and do not place innocent blood in the midst of Your people Yisrael. And the blood shall be atoned for them.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 47a.

TT lemma: וְנִכַּפֵּר לָהֶם הַדָּם.

Sefaria — Sotah 47a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְנִכַּפֵּר לָהֶם הַדָּם – מִיָּד.

English: ‘And the blood shall be atoned for them’ – immediately.

On the daf / in context: The atonement takes effect with the completion of the rite.

Type of Learning

Derash on the timing of atonement (Bavli) — once the process is finished the kapparah is present.

What Is Learned

As soon as the rite and the declarations are complete, the blood is atoned for the people.