Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 4:3

שׁוֹר שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנָּגַח שׁוֹר שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ, וְשֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ שֶׁנָּגַח לְשׁוֹר שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, פָּטוּר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמות כא) שׁוֹר רֵעֵהוּ, וְלֹא שׁוֹר שֶׁל הֶקְדֵּשׁ. שׁוֹר שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנָּגַח לְשׁוֹר שֶׁל נָכְרִי, פָּטוּר. וְשֶׁל נָכְרִי שֶׁנָּגַח לְשׁוֹר שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, בֵּין תָּם בֵּין מוּעָד מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם:

If the ox of an Israelite gored an ox of hekdesh (Temple property), or if an ox of hekdesh gored the ox of an Israelite, he (the owner) is not liable, it being written (Exodus 21:35): "…the ox of his neighbor" — and not the ox of hekdesh." If the ox of an Israelite gored the ox of an idolator, he is not liable, [it being written (Habakkuk 3:6): "He arose and measured the land. He saw and he freed the nations." When He saw that the nations did not abide by the seven mitzvoth commanded unto the sons of Noah, He arose and "freed" their money to Israel. And (Deuteronomy 33:2): "He revealed from Mount Paran" — from the time he took the Torah around to the idolators and they would not accept it. ] And if the ox of an idolator gored the ox of an Israelite, whether a tam or a muad, he pays a full nezek.

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