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#439: Sanctuary From What?

#439: Sanctuary From What?

Ibn Ezra on Shemot/Exodus 21:14

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A model of the Beit HaMikdash in Jerusalem. It was destroyed by Vespasian’s Roman army in 70 CE.

Shemot/Exodus 21:14

וְכִֽי־יָזִ֥ד אִ֛ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֖הוּ לְהׇרְג֣וֹ בְעׇרְמָ֑ה מֵעִ֣ם מִזְבְּחִ֔י תִּקָּחֶ֖נּוּ לָמֽוּת׃ {ס}        

When one party schemes against another and kills through treachery, you shall take that person from My very altar to be put to dea…

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