Commentary for Menachot 217:18
אמר רב ששת מנא אמינא לה דכתיב והיו לבית ישראל למכשול עון [מאי] לאו או מכשול או עון ומכשול שוגג ועון מזיד
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE PRIESTS WHO MINISTERED IN THE TEMPLE OF ONIAS MAY NOT MINISTER IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM; AND NEEDLESS TO SAY [THIS IS SO OF PRIESTS WHO MINISTERED TO] ANOTHER MATTER;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A euphemism for idolatry.');"><sup>17</sup></span> FOR IT IS WRITTEN, NEVERTHELESS THE PRIESTS OF THE HIGH PLACES CAME NOT UP TO THE ALTAR OF THE LORD IN JERUSALEM.
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