Makkot 12: After Being Exiled

A very brief outline of the conversations recorded in today's daf:

• whether burial is permitted in a city of refuge
• where murderers actually live in cities of refuge
• whether it is permitted to chase and kill a murderer who leaves the city of refuge
• how that murderer is punished
• whether or not a father and son may flog each other in such circumstances

A new Mishna is introduced:

• a tree is on the border of a city of refuge
• it is as if all of the tree has the status of the foliage
• thus if a murderer hides on the trunk of a tree outside the border of the city, it is as if he hides in the foliage within the city limits
• whether people may throw stones, arrows or otherwise try to harm a murderer hiding in foliage

a second new Mishna is detailed:

• if a person visits a city of refuge and kills someone, he is exiled to a different neighbourhood within the city
• if a Levi is killed in his city, the murderer is exiled to a different city of refuge

Finally, we begin a new Mishna:

• If a murderer is honoured within a city of refuge, he should publicly announce that he was tried as a murderer
• If they still wish to bestow the honour upon him, it is permitted