Commentary for Shevuot 3:6

יש בה ידיעה בתחלה ואין בה ידיעה בסוף שעיר הנעשה בפנים ויום הכפורים תולה עד שיודע לו ויביא בעולה ויורד

WHERE THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE AT THE BEGINNING BUT THERE IS KNOWLEDGE AT THE END, THE GOAT SACRIFICED ON THE OUTER ALTAR TOGETHER WITH THE DAY OF ATONEMENT ITSELF BRING HIM FORGIVENESS;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For he can never bring a sacrifice himself, since there was no knowledge at the beginning.');">¹⁰</span> FOR IT IS SAID: '[ONE HE-GOAT FOR A SIN-OFFERING] BESIDE THE SIN-OFFERING OF ATONEMENT':<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIX, 11.');">¹¹</span>

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