Commentary for Bekhorot 53:7
אמר לך
But in these cases [of the firstling and priest's gifts], since they are consecrated only their value, the priest may make a mistake with them, thinking that their holiness is redeemed for the four zuz [i.e., the sela'] and thus will come to treat them after the manner of hullin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if the priest chose to sell to an Israelite the firstling's flesh, or the shoulder etc. , he can do so and the latter is no longer required to eat t flesh roasted and with mustard, the royal manner of eating, as the priest is compelled to do, and thus he may be led to give the flesh to dogs to eat, treating it as mere hullin.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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