that has not

<<in it

<<the value of a perutah.

<<For Rabbi Ami said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<[if] he struck him

<<a blow

<<that has not

<<in it

<<the value of a perutah,

<<he is flogged.

<<And we do not

<<liken

<<striking

<<to cursing.

‘Except

<<on account of

<<a resident alien’

<<etc.

<<Apparently

<<a resident alien

<<a gentile

<<he is.

<<Say

<<the latter clause:

<<‘a resident alien

<<is exiled

<<on account of

<<a resident alien’!

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<it is not

<<a difficulty —

<<here,

<<with a resident alien

<<who killed

<<a resident alien;

<<here,

<<with a resident alien

<<who killed

<<a Jew.

There are

<<who set

<<verses

<<against each other:

<<it is written:

<<‘for the children of Israel

<<and for the sojourner

<<and for the resident

<<among them

<<shall be

<<the six

<<cities,’

<<and it is written:

<<‘and they shall be

<<for you

<<the cities

<<for refuge’ —

<<‘for you’

<<and not

<<for sojourners!

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<it is not

<<a difficulty —

<<here,

<<with a resident alien

<<who killed

<<a Jew;

<<here,

<<with a resident alien

<<who killed

<<a resident alien.

But contrast it:

<<therefore

<<a sojourner

<<and a gentile

<<who killed

<<are executed.

<<It teaches

<<a sojourner

<<like

<<a gentile:

<<just as

<<a gentile —

<<it makes no difference

<<whether he killed

<<one of his own kind,

<<and it makes no difference

<<whether he killed

<<one not of his own kind,

<<he is executed —

<<so too

<<a sojourner:

<<it makes no difference

<<whether he killed

<<one of his own kind,

<<and it makes no difference

<<[whether] he killed

<<one not of his own kind,

<<he is executed!

Rav Chisda said:

<<it is not

<<a difficulty —

<<here,

<<where he killed him

<<in the course of descending;

<<here,

<<where he killed him

<<in the course of ascending.

<<In the course of descending,

<<where a Jew

<<is exiled,

<<he

<<too —

<<it suffices

<<for him

<<with exile.

<<In the course of ascending,

<<where a Jew

<<is exempt,

<<he

<<is executed.

Said

<<to him

<<Rava:

<<but is it not

<<an a fortiori

<<argument?

<<If

<<in the course of descending,

<<where a Jew

<<is exiled,

<<he

<<too —

<<it suffices

<<for him

<<with exile,

<<in the course of ascending,

<<where a Jew

<<is exempt,

<<he

<<is executed?!

Rather,

<<Rava said:

<<where he says

<<it is permitted.

<<Said

<<to him

<<Abaye:

<<one who says

<<it is permitted,

<<under duress

<<he is!

<<He said

<<to him:

<<for I

<<say —

<<one who says

<<it is permitted,

<<close

<<to intentional

<<he is.

And they follow their own reasoning,

<<for it was stated:

<<[if] he thought

<<it was an animal

<<and it turned out to be

<<a person;

<<a gentile

<<and it turned out to be

<<a resident alien —

<<Rava

<<says:

<<liable;

<<one who says

<<it is permitted,

<<close

<<to intentional

<<he is.

<<Rav Chisda

<<says:

<<exempt;

<<one who says

<<it is permitted,

<<under duress

<<he is.

Objected to him

<<Rava

<<to Rav Chisda:

<<‘behold you

<<are dead

<<on account of

<<the woman

<<whom

<<you have taken.’

<<What,

<<is it not

<<at the hands of man?

No,

<<at the hands of Heaven.

<<It is precise too,

<<for it is written:

<<‘from sinning

<<against Me.’

But by your reasoning,

<<‘and I should sin against God’ —

<<against God

<<and not

<<against man?

<<Rather,

<<his judgment

<<is handed over

<<to man;

<<here

<<too,

<<his judgment

<<is handed over

<<to man.

Objected to him

<<Abaye

<<to Rava:

<<‘will a nation

<<even though

<<righteous

<<you slay!’

<<There,

<<as they answered him:

<<‘and now

<<restore

<<the wife of

<<the man,

<<for

<<a prophet

<<he is’