Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database

8010

Mishnah, Horayot, 1.5

nan If the court ruled [in error] and all the people or a majority of them acted accordingly they bring a bull. And in the case of idolatry they bring a bull and a goat; these are the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Judah says: the twelve tribes bring twelve bulls;And in the case of idolatry twelve bulls and twelve goats. R. Shimon says: thirteen bullocks;And in the case of idolatry, thirteen bulls and thirteen goats: a bull and a goat for each tribe, and a bull and a goat for the court. If the court ruled [in error] and seven tribes or a majority of them acted accordingly, they bring a bull; And in the case of idolatry, they bring a bull and a goat; these are the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Judah said: the seven tribes who sinned must bring seven bulls and the rest of the tribes who did not sin must bring bulls on their behalf because even those who did not sin must bring on behalf of the ones who sinned. Rabbi Shimon said: eight bulls;And in the case of idolatry, eight bulls and eight goats, a bull and a goat for every tribe and a bull and a goat for the court. If the court of one of the tribes ruled [in error], and that tribe acted accordingly, that tribe is liable, but all the other tribes are exempt; these are the words of Rabbi Judah. But the Sages say: there is no liability except as a result of the rulings of the highest court; for it says, “And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err”, but not the congregation of one particular tribe."

Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

None available Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
albeck,chanoch	Flatto (2021) 316
chamber of hewn stone	Flatto (2021) 160, 161
dead sea scrolls,mishnaic passages on	Flatto (2021) 160
great court	Flatto (2021) 160
institutional justice,rabbinical sources on	Flatto (2021) 160, 161
institutional justice	Flatto (2021) 160, 161
judicial administration,institutional justice	Flatto (2021) 160, 161
stern,sacha	Flatto (2021) 316
tannaitic literature alternative juridical models,institutional justice	Flatto (2021) 160, 161
tannaitic literature alternative juridical models,juridical models in'	Flatto (2021) 160
tannaitic literature alternative juridical models,juridical models in	Flatto (2021) 161