## Rashbam on Numbers Chapter 35

###### Rashbam on Numbers 35:5:1
[Rashbam on Numbers 35:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Numbers/r/35:5:1)

אלפים באמה - אלף אמה מגרש והשאר שדות וכרמים.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
אלפים באמה, 1000 cubits described as מגרש, open space, the balance devoted to fields and vineyards.


###### Rashbam on Numbers 35:11:1
[Rashbam on Numbers 35:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Numbers/r/35:11:1)

והקריתם - וזימנתם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
YOU SHALL PROVIDE [V'HIKRITEM]. You shall prepare.


###### Rashbam on Numbers 35:14:1
[Rashbam on Numbers 35:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Numbers/r/35:14:1)

את שלש הערים תתנו מעבר לירדן - אותן הבדיל משה בחייו, כדכתיב: אז יבדיל משה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
את שלש הערים תתנו מעבר לירדן, the ones Moses had already set aside for this purpose as we know from Deuteronomy 4,41.


###### Rashbam on Numbers 35:25:1
[Rashbam on Numbers 35:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Numbers/r/35:25:1)

עד מות הכהן הגדול - לפי פשוטו: כל ימי השופט הגדול דוגמת: אסיריו לא פתח ביתה.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
עד מות הכהן הגדול; according to the plain meaning of the text the word is used to described the senior judge. The idea of “lifetime” imprisonment referring to the lifetime of the judge who imposed the sentence occurs in this sense also in Isaiah 14,17 אסיריו לא פתח ביתו, “he never released his prisoners.”


###### Rashbam on Numbers 35:31:1
[Rashbam on Numbers 35:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Numbers/r/35:31:1)

לא תקחו כפר - לא יפטר בממון.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
ולא תקחו כופר, he must not be released by paying a financial indemnity to the family of the victim. [whereas the Torah had legislated monetary compensation for injuries caused to the victim, such as loss of eye, tooth, etc. Ed.]


###### Rashbam on Numbers 35:33:1
[Rashbam on Numbers 35:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashbam%20on%20Numbers/r/35:33:1)

כי אם בדם שופכו - אני אומר שהוא נקוד מן הדין מלאפום לפי פרושו, כי אם בדם האיש השופך את הדם.

**Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash:**
כי אם בדם שפכו. As if the Torah had written כי אם בדם האיש אשר שופך את הדם, ”only blood spilled by the killer of the murdered party does not contaminate the Holy Land but cleanses it from blood spilled innocently.” [this is the way I understand the author. Do not forget that normally spilling blood in the Holy Land contaminates its soil, whereas here the blood of the murderer does the very oppsosite. Ed.]