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The Talmud asks: But why not say that each one is as it is written, and conclude that the Torah requires, respectively, 3, two, and two interrogations in the 3 cases of idol worship, an idolatrous city, and conspiring witnesses, discussed in those verses? As, if it is so, i.e., if there is a requi
The Talmud asks: But those 3 instances of idol worship, an idolatrous city, and conspiring witnesses are not similar to each other, so how can one derive the halakhot of one from the other? The Talmud records a mnemonic device for the following terms: Escapes, sword, forewarning.
What are the differences? The case of an idolatrous city is not similar to those two, i.e., idol worship and conspiring witnesses, because for the others their money escapes their fate. Although the court executes those transgressors, their money is not confiscated. By contrast, in the case of an i
The Talmud explains: This is not an association based on conceptual similarity alone; rather, we learn one from the other based on a verbal analogy employing the words “diligently” and “diligently.” “Diligently” is used in all 3 verses. The Talmud comments: And this verbal analogy must be free, i.
The Talmud challenges this explanation: And yet it is free on only one side, as the term is superfluous in two of the verses but not in all 3 of them. The Talmud explains: Granted, with regard to these two, idol worship and conspiring witnesses, it is free, because it could have been written only