Commentary for Bava Kamma 79:18
אי נמי כיון דהוא לא חטא וממוניה הוא דאזיק לא חמיר מילתא עילויה ובעי משכוניה
— R. Papa said that this was not the case. For we may suppose all to agree that <i>kofer</i> is a kind of propitiation, and the point at issue between them here is merely that the Rabbis hold that this propitiatory payment should be fixed by estimating the value [of the life] of the person killed, whereas R. Ishmael the son of R. Johanan b. Beroka maintains that it should be fixed by estimating the value of [the life of] the defendant. What reason have the Rabbis for their view? — The expression 'laying upon' is used in the later context<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 30. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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