What is the connection between this Parshah and the previous one?
Ba'al ha'Turim: The fact that it is common to find a corpse during wartime.
What are the implications of "Ki Yimatzei"?
Sotah, 45b and Sifri: It implies that it is an unusual occurence to preclude where (the corpse is found on the border of the country or close to a town of Nochrim - Sotah, Ibid.), where murder is common, and by the ssame token, Eglah Arufah only applies when murder is uncommon. 1
Yerushalmi, Sotah, 9:1 #1. It implies that the corpse is easily found - to preclude where it was hidden and required a search to find it. 2
Yerushalmi, Sotah, 9:1 #2: "Ki Yimatzei" implies via witnesses - who testify that the found corpse fulfils all the necessary requireents. Refer to 21:1:2:1.
What is the definition of a Chalal?
What are the words "ba'Adamah", "Nofeil" and "ba'Sadeh" coming to preclude?
What are the implications of "ba'Adamah asher Hashem Elokecha Nosein l'cha"?
Yerushalmi Sotah, 9a: It precludes Chutz la'Aretz from the Din of Eglah Arufah. 1
Sifri: It incorporates Eiver ha'Yarden in the Din of Eglah Arufah. 2
Why does the Torah add the (otherwise superfluous) word "Nosen l'cha Lerishtah"?
Sotah 45b: To preclude Yerushalayim - which was distributed among the tribes - from the Din of Eglah Arufah. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 10.
What3 are the implications of the words "Nofel ba'Sadeh"?
Sotah, 44b: "Nofel", 've'Lo Taluy be'Ilan'; 1 "ba'Sadeh", 've'Lo Tzaf al'P'nei ha'Mayim' "Chalal" however, incorporates 'Mushlach' ? if it has been cast on the ground.
See Torah Temimah, note 11.
What are the implications of "Lo Noda Mi Hikahu"?
Sotah, 47b and Yerushalmi Sotah, 9:1: It implies that if even one witness knows the identity of the murderer - even if he lives at the other side of the world (and even if that person is an Eved Cana'ani or a Shifchah Cana'anis - Yerushalmi Sotah, 9:1) - they do not bring the Eglah Arufah. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 13.