Commentary for Bava Kamma 127:4
יאמר שור וחמור שה וגניבה והכל בכלל אילו כך הייתי אומר מה הפרט מפורש בעלי חיים אף כל ב"ח
Now what can you include through this? An ass [as subject to double payment]. But when the text goes on to mention 'ass', we have 'ass' explicitly stated. What then do I make of 'theft'? To include any object. [If that is so], should Scripture not have mentioned only 'ox' 'ass', 'sheep' and 'theft' since everything would have accordingly been included? — If so, I might still say that just as the specification<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ox, sheep and ass. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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