Commentary for Bava Kamma 82:14

תניא אידך אמר לו רבי אליעזר עקיבא כך אני בעיניך שדיני בזה שחייב מיתה אין דיני אלא במתכוון להרוג את הבהמה והרג את האדם למצרי והרג ישראל לנפלים והרג בן קיימא

[why cannot the owner say to the plaintiff,] 'Bring it to the Court of Law and be reimbursed out of it'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But since the ox is put to death and the carcass including also the skin is proscribed for any use whatsoever, is it not evident that no payment could be made in the case of Tam killing a human being? Why then give a special indication to this effect? ');">¹¹</span>

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