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case of the righteous it is a benefit to them and M.
a benefit to the whole world. Silence among the
ungodly is a misfortune to them and a misfortune
to the whole world, but in the case of the righ-
teous it is a benefit to them and a benefit to the
whole world.^

T. XI. 7. A stubborn and rebellious son, a
defiant elder, a beguiler to idolatry, one who leads
a town astray, a false prophet, and perjurers, are
not killed at once but brought up to the great
court at Jerusalem and kept in prison till a feast
and killed at a feast, for it is written : And all the

PEOPLE SHALL HEAR AND FEAR, AND DO NO MORE

PRESUMPTUOUSLY, 2 — SO R. Meir ; but R. Jehuda
said to him : " Ought it not then to say, ' All the
people shall see and fear ' ? But it is not so written
but ' All the people shall hear and \ear.'
Then why should they postpone such a one's death?
Therefore they kill him at once, and write and send
everywhere, saying ' The trial of N. has been com-
pleted in such and such a court, and N. and N.
