"And if a man shall open a pit..."—Exodus 21:33.
We are commanded regarding the laws [of liability] that apply if a person digs a pit [and another's animal falls into it and is injured].
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 244: Positive Commandment 238
From the Sichos in English Collection
Positive Commandment 238 (Digest)
Damage Caused by a Ditch
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How were the Ten Commandments given? Five on one tablet and five on a second tablet. This means that "Do not murder" corresponds to "I am G-d your G-d." What is this analogous to? To a king of flesh and blood who entered a country and put up portraits of himself, and made statues of himself, and minted coins with his image. After a while, the people of the country overturned his portraits, broke his statues and invalidated his coins, thereby reducing the image of the king. So, too, one who sheds blood reduces the image of the King, as it is written (Genesis 9:6): "One who spills a man's blood... for in the image of G-d He made man."
–Midrash Mechilta
The Parshah