Commentary for Yevamot 169:7

שניות מדברי סופרים וכו': בעו מיניה בני בירי מרב ששת שניה לבעל ולא שניה ליבם יש לה כתובה מיבם או לא כיון דאמר מר כתובתה על נכסי בעלה הראשון לית לה

Said R. Huna son of R. Joshua to him: Only cases where the women may marry the men, and the men may marry the women were enumerated;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'wherever these take from those and those take from these he taught'. ');">²⁰</span> the case of the Priest, however,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though, were he a halal, he would not have been forbidden to marry a priest's daughter. ');">²¹</span> was not mentioned, because a halalah, should he even desire to marry one, is forbidden to him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the Mishnah of Kid. is not conclusive. ');">²²</span> When they came before R. Idi b. Abin he said to them, 'O, school-children! Thus said Rab Judah in the name of Rab: Women of legitimate [priestly] status were not forbidden to be married to men of illegitimate Status'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 84b. ');">²³</span>

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