Commentary for Menachot 184:5

ורבי יהודה למה לי למעטינהו מקרא והא אמר רבינא גמירי שתי סמיכות בצבור גירסא בעלמא

for they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the he-goats offered for the sin of idolatry do not require the laying on of hands by Aaron.');">⁴</span> were excluded by 'the live [goat]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus only on the scapegoat shall Aaron lay his hands but not on these goats. This is the proper inference. viz., the he-goats from the scapegoat; but one may not infer the he-goats from 'the bullock' (as was originally stated in the first Baraitha) , for they are of different kinds.');">⁵</span>

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