Commentary for Menachot 182:3

זבח זו חטאת מצורע ואימא זו חטאת ואשם דנזיר

but where the guilt-offering serves to qualify [the person] and the sin-offering to make atonement [for him]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in the case of the leper; for the guilt-offering serves to qualify him that he may now join the congregation, and the sin-offering makes atonement for him, for the affliction of leprosy was regarded as a punishment for the seven sins enumerated in 'Ar. 16a.');">⁵</span> we require two separate expressions [to include both].' "The sacrifice" refers to the sin-offering of the leper'.

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