Commentary for Bekhorot 70:1

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for the shepherd might indeed say: 'My employer will not pass over a priest who is a rabbinic student, to give it to me'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a rule, shepherds were ignorant people. We therefore trust him, for why should he lie since he will not benefit?');">¹</span>

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