## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 183

###### Sifrei Devarim 183:1
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**וְנִדְּחָה יָדוֹ בַגַּרְזֶן לִכְרוֹת הָעֵץ**, מִכָּן אַתָּה אוֹמֵר: נִתְכַּוֵּן לָקוּץ אֶת הָאִילָן וְנָפַל עַל אָדָם וַהֲרָגוֹ – הֲרֵי זֶה גּוֹלֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 19:5) "and his hand swing the axe": From here it is ruled that if he intended to chop down a tree and it fell on a man and killed him, he is exiled.


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:2
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**וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן הָעֵץ** הַמְבַקֵּעַ, רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: **מִן הָעֵץ** הַמִּתְבַּקֵּעַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and the blade slip *from the wood*": from the haft (of the axe). Rebbi says: from the wood that was being chopped.


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:3
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**וּמָצָא**, בַּמָּצוּי. מִכָּן הָיָה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: אִם מִשֶּׁיָּצָאת אֶבֶן מִיָּדוֹ הוֹצִיא הַלָּה אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ וְקִבְּלָהּ – הֲרֵי זֶה פָּטוּר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"and it find his neighbor and he die": to exclude his presenting himself. From here R. Eliezer b. Yaakov ruled: If, after the stone left his hand, the other put out his head and was hit by it, the first is not liable.


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:4
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**הוּא יָנוּס אֶל אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וָחָי**, שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא גּוֹלֶה מֵעִיר לְעִיר.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"he shall flee to one of these cities": He may not exile himself from one city to another.


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:5
[Sifrei Devarim 183:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/183:5)

(דברים יט ו) **פֶּן יִרְדֹּף גֹּאֵל הַדָּם אַחֲרֵי הָרוֹצֵחַ**, מִצְוָה בְּיַד גּוֹאֵל הַדָּם לִרְדֹּף.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 6) "Lest the redeemer of blood pursue the slayer": It is a mitzvah for him to pursue him.


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:6
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**כִּי יֵחַם לְבָבוֹ וְהוּא לֹא שֹׂנֵא הוּא לוֹ**, הָא אִם שׂוֹנֵא – אֵינוֹ גוֹלֶה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"not having hated him": If he had hated him, he is not exiled.


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:7
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**מִתְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם**, זוֹ שֶׁרַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: תְּמוֹל – שְׁנַיִם; שִׁלְשׁוֹם – שְׁלֹשָׁה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"*mitmol shilshom*": As R. Yehudah says: "*tmol*": two days; "*shilshom*": three days (see #181).


###### Sifrei Devarim 183:8
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(דברים יט ז) **עַל כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ לֵאמֹר** – לְהַזְהִיר בֵּית דִּין עַל כָּךְ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(*Ibid*. 7) "Therefore, I command you, saying": *Beth-din* is being exhorted to this end.