Commentary for Bekhorot 36:40

זכר ונקבה הזכר לכהן

since he is desirous that a mizwah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A good deed, by rearing the firstlings of the priest in his ground. Therefore it is as if the ground belonged to both. The ground also is like the shepherd in the case where two gave animals in charge of a shepherd and therefore they divide the surviving animal.');">¹⁵</span>

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