Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 4:6

שׁוֹר שֶׁהָיָה מִתְחַכֵּךְ בְּכֹתֶל וְנָפַל עַל הָאָדָם, נִתְכַּוֵּן לַהֲרֹג אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה וְהָרַג אֶת הָאָדָם, לְנָכְרִי וְהָרַג אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לִנְפָלִים וְהָרַג בֶּן קְיָמָא, פָּטוּר:

If an ox were rubbing itself against a wall, and it fell upon a man (and killed him), [it is not put to death. And if it were a muad, as when it were a muad to rub against walls and cause them to fall upon men, and it rubbed itself upon a wall to relieve itself and overthrew it upon a man and he died, the ox is not put to death and the owner pays kofer. The ox is not put to death, it being written (Exodus 21:29): "The ox shall be stoned and also its owner shall die" — As the death of the owner, so is the death of the ox. Just as the owner is not liable unless he killed with intent, so the ox is not liable unless it killed with intent. And the owner pays kofer, it being written (Ibid. 30): "If kofer." It could have been written: "Kofer shall be set for him." Why "if kofer"? To include non-intentional killing in kofer liability.] If it intended to kill a beast and killed a man, to kill an idolator and it killed a Jew, to kill a nefel (one of non-viable birth), and it killed a ben kayama (one with "life"), it is not put to death.

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