Commentary for Bava Kamma 68:8

מאי ואומר וכי תימא הני מילי היכא דאיכא פסידא לניזק אבל היכא דליכא פסידא לניזק כגון שור שוה חמש סלעים שנגח שור שוה חמש סלעים והנבילה יפה שלשים זוז שקיל נמי מזיק בשבחא

and the other party would similarly take half of the living ox and half of the dead ox?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The result would be that the defendant instead of paying compensation would make a profit out of the offence, as in lieu of his ox which did the damage and which was worth twenty zuz he would get a total of thirty-five zuz. ');">¹⁵</span> Say [this cannot be so, for] where could it elsewhere be found that an offender should [by order of the Court] be made to benefit as you would have the offender here in this case to benefit? It is moreover stated, He shall surely make restitution,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 36. ');">¹⁶</span>

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