Commentary for Yevamot 148:5

ואימא הני מילי דלאו בר כפרה אבל דבר כפרה עד דמייתי כפרה

applies only to those who are not liable to bring an atonement, but that for those who are liable to an atonement,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The confirmed leper, and a zab who had three attacks. ');">¹⁴</span> purification is incomplete until the atonement has been brought! Furthermore, in respect of what we learned, 'If he performed the prescribed ablution and came up from his bathing he may eat of the [second] tithe; after sunset he may eat <i>terumah</i>; and after he has brought his atonement he may also eat of the holy food';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neg. XIV, 3, Pes. 35a, Nid. 71b. ');">¹⁵</span> whence, it may also be asked, are these laws derived? — Raba replied in the name of R. Hisda: Three Scriptural texts are recorded: It is written, And shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXII, 6. ');">¹⁶</span> implying if he bathed, however, he is clean. It is also written, And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and afterwards he may eat of the holy things.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 7. ');">¹⁷</span>

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