Commentary for Bava Kamma 88:23

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן שור שהמית עד שלא נגמר דינו מכרו

R. Judah went even further, saying: Even if after having gored, the ox was consecrated or after having gored it became ownerless, there is exemption, as it has been said, <i>And it hath been testified to his owner and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 29. ');">²⁰</span> This applies only when no change of status has taken place between the manslaughter and the appearance before the Court.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra p. 56. ');">²¹</span> Does not the final verdict also need to comply with this same condition? Does not the same text, The ox shall be stoned,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 29. ');">²²</span> [apply also to] the final verdict? — Read therefore: That is so only when no change in status has taken place between the manslaughter, the appearance before the Court, and the final verdict. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF WHILE AN OX [SENTENCED TO DEATH] IS BEING TAKEN OUT TO BE STONED ITS OWNER DECLARES IT SACRED, IT DOES NOT BECOME SACRED;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 234. ');">²³</span> IF HE SLAUGHTERS IT, ITS FLESH IS FORBIDDEN [FOR ANY USE].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 234. ');">²³</span> IF, HOWEVER. BEFORE THE SENTENCE HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED THE OWNER CONSECRATES IT, IT IS CONSECRATED, AND IF HE SLAUGHTERS IT, ITS FLESH IS PERMITTED [FOR FOOD]. IF THE OWNER HANDS OVER HIS CATTLE TO AN UNPAID BAILEE OR TO A BORROWER, TO A PAID BAILEE OR TO A HIRER, THEY ENTER INTO ALL LIABILITIES IN LIEU OF THE OWNER: IN THE CASE OF <i>MU'AD</i> THE PAYMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN FULL, WHEREAS IN THE CASE OF <i>TAM</i> HALF DAMAGES WOULD BE PAID. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: If an ox has killed [a person], and before its judgment is pronounced its owner sells it,

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