Commentary for Pesachim 196:9

אמר להן ואמרו לו אוכלין כולן מן הראשון ואם אין ידוע איזה מהן נשחט ראשון שניהן יוצאין לבית השריפה

AND THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM KEEPING THE SECOND PASSOVER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because they were certainly registered for one animal at the first Passover, while the eating is not indispensable.');">¹⁵</span> IF HE SAID TO THEM, IF I DELAY, GO FORTH AND SLAUGHTER ON MY BEHALF,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But they did not instruct him to slaughter the lost animal on their behalf.');">¹⁶</span>

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