Commentary for Shevuot 13:17

אלא אמר רבא אתיא טומאתו טומאתו כתיב הכא (ויקרא ה, ג) לכל טומאתו

in connection with peace offerings? - Once for a generalisation, once for a particular, and once for the uncleanness written in the Torah without being explained, so that I know not what it means. You may say then, it refers to eating holy food while unclean, and since it is unnecessary to have another prohibition for that, for I deduce that from Rabbi's statement, you may utilise the prohibition for entering the Temple while unclean. But this [extra word 'uncleanness'] we also require; since Scripture had to write [the extra] Kareth for R'Abbahu's deduction, it perforce had to write also [the extra] 'uncleanness', for without it the phrase would have been meaningless? - Well then, said Raba: We deduce [that an unclean person entering the Temple brings a sliding scale sacrifice] from [the similarity of phrases] 'his uncleanness', 'his uncleanness'. Here it is written: [If he touch the uncleanness of man] whatsoever his uncleanness be.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. V, 3.');">²⁵</span>

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