14.5 Makkos Daf 10 A (10 lines Dn)SummaryWe learned in the mishna (14.2) that there were six sanctuary cities.Question: Weren’t there more?The _possuk_ says “Add onto them; forty two cities”.Abayye: The original six cities offer sanctuary regardless of the murderer’s intention; if he’s there, he’s protected. To find refuge in the other forty two cities, he must intentionally flee there.Challenge: Was Chevron (14.3) a sanctuary city?The _possuk_ says “Chevron was given to Kalev” - so it became his private property, how can it be a sanctuary city?Abayye: He was only given the outskirts of the city, the suburbs. As the _possuk_ states, “They gave the fields and the villages surrounding the city to Kalev ben Yefuneh”.Challenge: Was Kedesh (14.3) a sanctuary city?The _possuk_ enumerates it among the fortified cities!Beraisa: Sanctuary cities cannot be small villages _[where a goeil hadam can barge in and murder his relative’s murderer undeterred],_ nor big cities _[where the goeil hadam may come for business and encounter his relative’s murderer],_ only mid-sized towns.Rav Yosef: There were two cities named Kedesh.Rav Ashi (an alternate explanation): The fortification was separate from the city; as in Saleikus and Fort Saleikus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.