Commentary for Bekhorot 73:52

כתיב נמי

But why not argue that [the text] 'And if there be any blemish therein' is a general statement while 'lame or blind' is a specification; and where a general statement is followed by a specification the scope of the general statement is limited by the things specified, so that only lameness or blindness [in a firstling] are [legal blemishes], but other [defects] are not [legal blemishes]? - [The text]: 'Any ill blemishes whatsoever'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A continuation of the above text.');">²⁶</span>

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