Commentary for Bava Kamma 127:6
אמר מר יאמר שור וגניבה מי כתיב שור וגניבה גניבה ושור הוא דכתיב
The Master stated: 'Should not Scripture have mentioned [only] "<i>ox</i>" and "<i>theft</i>"?' — But does it say <i>'ox'</i> and [then] <i>'theft'</i>? Is it not [first] <i>'theft'</i> and [then] <i>'ox'</i> which is written in the text?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Being thus a generalisation followed by a specification, in which case the former includes only what is contained in the latter, v. P.B. p. 13.] ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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