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וחדא במיתה ומלקות. וצריכא, דאי אשמעינן מיתה וממון, משום דחדא בגופיה וחדא בממוניה לא עבדינן. אבל במיתה ומלקות, דאידי ואידי בגופיה, אימא מיתה אריכתא היא, ונעביד ביה.
and one derivation is with regard to death and lashes, exempting one liable to be executed from lashes. The Talmud comments: And both verses are necessary, as if the Torah taught us this halakha only with regard to death and monetary payment, one would assert that the exemption from payment is due to the fact that we do not administer one punishment to his body and one to his money. However, with regard to death and lashes, that both this, death, and that, lashes, are administered to his body, say it is an extended death penalty and let us administer lashes and then the death penalty to him so that his death will ensue from affliction.
ואי אשמעינן מיתה ומלקות, דתרתי בגופיה לא עבדינן. אבל מיתה וממון, דחדא בגופיה וחדא בממוניה, אימא נעביד ביה. צריכא.
And if the Torah taught us this halakha only with regard to death and lashes, one would assert that the exemption from lashes is due to the fact that we do not administer two punishments to his body. However, with regard to death and money, where one is administered to his body and one is administered to his money, say: Let us administer both to him. Therefore, both verses are necessary, to teach that one receives only one punishment in both cases.
״ולא תקחו כופר לנפש רוצח״ למה לי? דאמר רחמנא: לא תשקול ממונא מיניה ותפטריה מקטלא. ״לא תקחו כופר לנוס אל עיר מקלטו״ למה לי? דאמר רחמנא: לא תשקול ממונא מיניה ותפטריה מן גלות.
The Talmud asks with regard to the verse “And you should take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death” (Numbers 35:31), which means that one does not take payment from a person sentenced to death, why do I require this verse, if that principle was already derived from another verse? The Talmud explains that God says: Do not take money from him and exempt him from the death penalty. Similarly, the following verse: “And you should take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge” (Numbers 35:32), why do I require this verse? The Talmud explains that God says: Do not take money from him and exempt him from exile.