Commentary for Yoma 53:3
מכדי מקבלה ואילך מצות כהונה ונתנו בני אהרן למה לי למעוטי הפשט וניתוח
- Because Scripture says: And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood, [in everything that pertaineth to the altar].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XVIII, 7. The bracketed portion is interpolated by Bah. and rightly so, for upon it rests the argument.');"><sup>4</sup></span> I might have learned that even the killing [must be done by priests alone], therefore it is written: And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord,' and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. I, 5.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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