Commentary for Pesachim 122:6

ת"ל (שמות יב, כה) זאת מאי זאת אילימא דכולה ערלה פסלה מקצתה לא פסלה האי מוכל ערל נפקא

and let not uncleanness provide an argument, seeing that it was freed from its general rule.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the whole community is unclean, the Paschal lamb is sacrificed and eaten by them. - Thus two contradictory arguments are possible.');">¹⁰</span> Therefore it is stated. This [is the ordinance of the Passover].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XII, 43; the passage proceeds to disqualify an uncircumcised person (v. 49) , and this word is quoted as teaching that an uncircumcised person does not disqualify others who register with him. 'This' is a limitation, teaching that the law is exactly as stated, and is not to be extended to others.');">¹¹</span>

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