Commentary for Menachot 11:20

קמץ בשמאל פסול בן בתירא אומר יחזיר ויחזור ויקמוץ בימין

And had Scripture only stated the verse, 'Whatsoever passeth under the rod', I should have excluded only those animals that were first rendered trefah and subsequently consecrated, as in the case of the Cattle Tithe;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the verse merely implies that a trefah animal, since it cannot pass under the rod, is not subject to the law of Cattle Tithe; but an animal consecrated as the tithe always remains consecrated even though it subsequently becomes trefah. ibut');">²⁴</span> but where it was consecrated first and subsequently it became trefah, since at the time when it was consecrated it was fit [for a sacrifice], I would say that it is permitted [to be offered], therefore all [three verses] are necessary.

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