Commentary for Sanhedrin 167:3

א"ל רב אדא לרבא ונילף חילול חילול מתרומה מה להלן במיתה אף כאן במיתה

hence, if any other [priest] does not go out, he profanes [the sanctuary]. R. Adda said to Raba: Then let us derive [identity of law] from the use of 'profanation' here and in the case of <i>terumah</i>: just as there the punishment is death, so here too? — Is then the [prohibition] of an onen explicitly stated in that verse? It is only inferred [from the High Priest]. Hence it is a law derived from a general proposition, and such cannot be further subjected to deduction by a <i>gezerah shawah</i>.

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