English: It was taught: One who kills a person unintentionally had no atonement, and the Torah fixed atonement for him, as it says “and he shall dwell in it until the death of the High Priest.”
Type of Learning
The death of the High Priest as the divinely fixed atonement for unintentional homicide.
What Is Learned
Exile alone is not the full kapparah; the Torah links the killer’s release to the High Priest’s death as the appointed atonement.