Commentary for Bekhorot 117:21

אלא מהא דתניא

- Perhaps the reason is because they became exempt by means of the [interrupted] count properly begun,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the nine went out through the door there was the right number for tithing, for the tenth was still alive and was in a condition to follow in order to exempt them. And since the counting was properly begun, it is as if the tenth had actually passed through and it exempts the lambs counted. The tenth animal itself, however, is not sacred unless it passed under the rod.');">¹⁵</span>

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