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he is executed for killing him even though he acted in self-defense, and a descendant of Noah is also killed for this.
§ R' Ya’akov bar Aḥa found that it was written in a book of Aggadot in the study hall of Rav: Contrary to the halakha with regard to a Jew, a descendant of Noah is executed on the basis of the verdict of even one judge, and by the testimony of even one witness, and without being given forewarning
The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived? Rav Yehuda says: They are derived from that which the verse states: “And your blood of your lives I will require; at the hand of every animal I will require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require t
It is derived from the phrase “at the hand of every animal” that one is executed even without forewarning, as an animal certainly cannot forewarn someone. It is derived from the phrase “I will require it; and at the hand of man,” with “I” stated in the singular, that the sentence is issued on the
It is stated in that book of Aggadot that the rabbis said in the name of R' Yishmael: A descendant of Noah is executed even for killing fetuses. The Talmud asks: What is the reason for the opinion of R' Yishmael? The Talmud answers: It is derived from that which is written: “One who sheds the blo