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21 ‎[1] [AND HE THAT KILLETH A BEAST.] Scripture repeats *And he that killeth a beast…* because it wants to mention the stranger, for when Scripture speaks of maiming (v. 19) it speaks of an Israelite, for the Torah clearly says, *his neighbor*. However, there is one law for both the stranger and the native regarding he that kills a person and he that kills a beast.I have previously informed you that Scripture is being brief when two *cafs* come together. Scripture also chooses to employ brevity when it does not add “and he dies” to *u-makkeh adam* (and he that killeth a man), for it is known that the culprit is not executed unless the one who is struck dies. Another interpretation for the repetition is that Scripture earlier mentions “mortally” (v. 17). The latter refers to a blow struck in a vital area. Scripture then lays down the following general law: A person who kills shall be put to death whether the blow was struck in a vital area or in a non-vital area. The word *nefesh* (mortal) is thus not mentioned.
Version: Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001102376/NLI
License: CC-BY-NC