Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<a ban

<<on

<<a condition

<<requires

<<annulment.

<<From where do we know it?

<<From Yehuda,

<<as it is written:

<<‘if

<<not

<<I bring him

<<to you’

<<and so on;

<<And Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan:

<<what is

<<that which is written:

<<‘may live

<<Reuven

<<and not

<<die’

<<and so on,

<<‘and this

<<for Yehuda’?

All

<<those

<<forty

<<years

<<that were

<<Israel

<<in the wilderness,

<<the bones

<<of

<<Yehuda

<<were

<<rolling about

<<in the coffin,

<<until

<<stood

<<Moshe

<<and asked

<<for him

<<mercy.

<<He said

<<before Him:

<<Master of the Universe,

<<who

<<caused

<<Reuven

<<to confess?

<<Yehuda!

<<‘And this

<<for Yehuda …

<<hear,

<<Hashem,

<<the voice of

<<Yehuda.’

Entered

<<his limbs

<<into their sockets;

<<not

<<were

<<they bringing

<<him

<<into the academy

<<of Heaven —

<<‘and to

<<his people

<<bring him.’

<<Not

<<was

<<he knowing how

<<to deliberate

<<and toil

<<in the teaching

<<with

<<the Rabbis —

<<‘his hands

<<shall contend

<<for him.’

<<Not

<<was

<<he knowing how

<<to resolve

<<a difficulty —

<<‘and a help

<<from his adversaries

<<shall You be.’

They asked:

<<with the death of

<<all of them

<<does he

<<return,

<<or

<<perhaps

<<with the death of

<<one

<<of them?

Come and hear:

<<[if] his judgment was concluded

<<without

<<a High Priest,

<<he does not

<<leave

<<there

<<ever.

<<And if

<<it is so,

<<let him return

<<through

<<[the death of] those!

<<Where there are none.

MISHNAH:

<<[If] after his judgment was concluded

<<died

<<the High Priest,

<<behold

<<this one

<<is not

<<exiled.

<<If

<<before

<<his judgment was concluded

<<died

<<the High Priest

<<and they appointed

<<another

<<in his place,

<<and afterward

<<his judgment was concluded,

<<he returns

<<with the death

<<of

<<the second.

<<[If] his judgment was concluded

<<without

<<a High Priest,

<<or one who kills

<<a High Priest,

<<or a High Priest

<<who killed —

<<he does not

<<leave

<<there

<<ever.

And he does not

<<leave,

<<not

<<for testimony

<<of a mitzvah,

<<nor

<<for testimony

<<of money,

<<nor

<<for testimony

<<of capital cases.

<<And even if

<<Israel

<<needs

<<him,

<<and even

<<the commander of

<<the army of

<<Israel,

<<like Yoav ben Tzeruya,

<<he does not

<<leave

<<there

<<ever,

<<as it is said:

<<‘to which

<<he fled

<<there’ —

<<there

<<shall be

<<his dwelling,

<<there

<<shall be

<<his death,

<<there

<<shall be

<<his burial.

Just as

<<the city

<<affords refuge,

<<so

<<its boundary

<<affords refuge.

<<A killer

<<who went out

<<beyond

<<the boundary

<<and found him

<<the blood-avenger —

<<Rabbi Yosei HaGelili

<<says:

<<it is a mitzvah

<<for

<<the blood-avenger,

<<and permitted

<<for

<<any person.

<<Rabbi Akiva

<<says:

<<it is permitted

<<for

<<the blood-avenger,

<<and any person

<<is liable

<<for him.

GEMARA:

<<What is the reason?

<<Abaye said:

<<it is an a fortiori:

<<if

<<one

<<who was exiled

<<already

<<goes out

<<now,

<<one

<<who has not

<<been exiled —

<<is it not logical

<<that he should not

<<be exiled?

<<But perhaps:

<<this one

<<who was exiled —

<<was atoned

<<for him;

<<that one

<<who was not

<<exiled —

<<not!

<<Is it

<<exile

<<that

<<atones?

<<The death of

<<the priest

<<is it

<<that atones!

‘If

<<before

<<his judgment was concluded’

<<etc.

<<From where are these things [derived]?

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<for said

<<the verse:

<<‘and he shall dwell

<<in it

<<until

<<the death of

<<the High Priest

<<whom

<<anointed

<<him

<<with the holy oil’ —

<<but does

<<he

<<anoint him?

<<Rather:

<<this is

<<one who was anointed

<<in his days.

What

<<was there

<<for him

<<to do?

<<He ought

<<to have asked for

<<mercy

<<that would be concluded

<<his judgment

<<favorably,

<<and he did not

<<ask.

Abaye said:

<<we hold:

<<[if] his judgment was concluded

<<and he died,

<<they bring

<<his bones

<<there,

<<as it is written:

<<‘to return

<<to dwell

<<in the land

<<until

<<the death of

<<the priest’ —

<<and what is

<<a dwelling

<<that is

<<in the land?

<<Hence

<<say:

<<this is

<<burial.

<<A tanna taught:

<<[if] he died

<<before

<<died

<<the High Priest,

<<they bring

<<his bones

<<to

<<the graves of

<<his fathers,

<<as it is written:

<<‘shall return

<<the killer

<<to

<<the land of

<<his holding’ —

<<what is

<<a dwelling

<<that is

<<in the land of

<<his holding?

<<Hence

<<say:

<<this is

<<burial.

[If] his judgment was concluded,

<<and was found to be

<<the [High] Priest

<<the son of a divorcee

<<or

<<the son of a chalutza —

<<disagree

<<about it

<<Rabbi Ami

<<and Rabbi Yitzchak Nappacha:

<<one

<<says:

<<has died

<<the priesthood;

<<and one

<<says:

<<has been voided

<<the priesthood.

Shall we say

<<in the dispute

<<of Rabbi Eliezer

<<and Rabbi Yehoshua

<<they disagree?

<<As we learned:

<<[if] he was

<<standing

<<and offering

<<upon

<<the altar,

<<and it became known

<<that he is

<<the son of a divorcee

<<or

<<the son of a chalutza —

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<all

<<the offerings

<<that he offered

<<are invalid;

<<and Rabbi Yehoshua

<<validates.

The one who says

<<‘has died’

<<is like Rabbi Yehoshua,

<<and the one who says

<<‘has been voided’

<<is like Rabbi Eliezer?