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גילוי עריות נמי, היכי דמי? אי במזיד – בר קטלא הוא! אי בשוגג – בר קרבן הוא!
The Talmud asks further: With regard to forbidden sex, for which one might have thought the goat offering would atone as well, what are the circumstances? If you say the reference is to a case where he transgressed intentionally, then one can counter that he is subject to the death penalty and so no offering will atone for his sin. And if you say the reference is to a case where he transgressed unwittingly, then one can counter that he is liable to bring his own sin-offering for his transgression, and so the goat will not atone for him.
במזיד – ולא אתרו ביה, בשוגג – ולא אתידע ליה.
The Talmud answers: The goat offering atones in a case where he transgressed intentionally but witnesses did not forewarn him about his transgression, so he is not liable to receive the death penalty. It also atones in a case where he transgressed unwittingly, but by the time Yom Kippur arrived he had still not become aware of his transgression, so he was not liable to bring an offering.
שפיכות דמים נמי, היכי דמי? אי במזיד – בר קטלא הוא! אי בשוגג – בר גלות הוא!
The Talmud asks further: Concerning the murder for which one might have thought that the goat would atone as well, what are the circumstances? If you say the reference is to a case where he transgressed intentionally, then one can counter that he is subject to the death penalty, so no offering will atone for his sin. And if you say the reference is to a case where he transgressed unwittingly, then one can counter that he is subject to go into exile, so the goat offering will not atone for him.