Commentary for Bava Kamma 233:12

אמר רבה אם הראה מעצמו כנשא ונתן ביד דמי

and he thus became liable to make pecuniary compensation<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the capacity of robbery. ');">¹⁹</span> whereas he does not become liable to capital punishment until the very moment of the [idolatrous] libation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Git. 52b. And since the civil liability is neither for the same act nor for the same moment which occasions the liability for capital punishment, each liability holds good. ');">²⁰</span>

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