Commentary for Makkot 29:14

אי הכי לאו שניתק לעשה נמי לימא משום דכתב ביה רחמנא עשה יתירא מגרע גרע א"ל ההוא לנתוקי לאו הוא דאתא

If so [that an extra commandment shouldn't detract from it, then the same argument can be made by] a lav sh'nituk l'asseh also, say that just because the Torah writes by it an extra commandment, does that make it any less stringent?! Rava explained [the differnece] to him, That one [by a lav sh'nituk l'asseh the commandment] is coming to remove the prohibition.

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