*14.4 Makkos Daf 10 A (3 lines Dn)*

*14.4 Makkos Daf 10 A (3 lines Dn)**Summary*The distance between the Southernmost boundary and Chevron, was equivalent to the distance between Chevron and Shechem. And the same distance from Shechem to Kedesh, and from there to the northernmost boundary.*Question:* Why were the residents of the edges of the land *further away than those in the center of the land?* [If one lived between Chevron and Shechem, he was closer to one of the cities, but one who lived near the south border had to travel a greater distance to Chevron].*Abayye: In Shechem too (14.3), murder was more prevalent.* As the possuk says “Like bands of men, troops, groups of kohanim, *who kill on the road to Shechem”* _(The nevi’im always exaggerated the sins of our people, while they may seem small in our eyes, these sins were grave ‘in the eyes of Hashem’)._*Question:* Why are they called *“groups of kohanim”?**Rabbi Elazar:* They would *come together* to kill, it looked like kohanim who come together to collect _terumah. [While the kohanim come together for a mitzvah, since there is some self-interest, the baal habayis feels accosted by them and their competition. Similarly, when people came together to kill someone, they surely felt they were doing a righteous act, however they should have taken their victim to beis din instead of lynching him]._ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate