Commentary for Zevachim 150:3

נתערבו בבכור ומעשר כו': אמר רמי בר חמא בכור לב"ש אין מאכילין לנדות תמורתו מהו

Rami b. Hama asked: If one dedicated a [blemished] firstling for the Temple repair, can it be weighed by the pound? Is the profit of hekdesh of greater consideration, or is the degradation of the firstling of greater consideration? - Said R. Jose b. Zebida, Come and hear: IF THEY WERE MIXED UP WITH A FIRSTLING OR TITHE, THEY MUST GRAZE UNTIL THEY BECOME UNFIT, AND THEN THEY ARE EATEN AS FIRSTLING OR TITHE. Surely that means that they are not weighed by the pound? - R. Huna and R. Hezekiah, disciples of R. Jeremiah, said: How compare? There you have two sanctities and two bodies, but here you have two sanctities and one body. To this R. Jose b. Abin demurred: What if he said, 'Redeem me a firstling' which he had devoted to Temple repair: Would we heed him? - [If he says,] 'Redeem' - [surely] the Divine Law said that it must not be redeemed! - Rather said R. Ammi: Did he transmit ought save what he possessed? <br>

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