Commentary for Temurah 16:25

אמר רב הונא בריה דרב יהושע

Lest an Israelite should go and cast a blemish on it [the firstling] and bring it to a [Sage] and say: 'A priest gave me this firstling with its blemish'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas in the case of a priest selling to a priest one cannot say this, since a priest who brings a firstling to show it to an expert is required to bring witnesses that a blemish befell it of itself, as priests are suspected of maiming firstlings in order to eat them.');">¹⁵</span>

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