Commentary for Menachot 92:17
אמר לו רבן יוחנן בן זכאי לא כי אלא כל כהן שאינו שוקל חוטא אלא שהכהנים דורשין מקרא זה לעצמן
The priests, however, used to expound the following verse to their advantage, And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt, it shall not be eaten.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 16.');"><sup>19</sup></span> Since the 'Omer-offering and the Two Loaves and the Shewbread are ours, how can they be eaten?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They argued that if they were to contribute the shekel for the public-offerings they would then have a share in the public-offerings, and as the priest's meal-offering must be burnt then it would follow that every meal-offering, e.g. the Shewbread, would be forbidden to be eaten, and this would be contrary to Scripture.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
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