Commentary for Zevachim 162:2

מרבה אני תודה ושלמים שבאין בנדר ונדבה כמותה מנין לרבות את האשם

Now, these Tannaim do not learn it from 'and he shall take of the blood of the bullock and of the blood of the goat', because they hold, You do not mingle [the blood] for [sprinkling] on the horns. They do not learn it from the repetition of 'blood', because they do not attribute any significance to this repetition. But why do they not deduce it from 'they are holy'? - They hold [that] 'they are holy' [teaches:] 'they' are offered, but their substitute is not offered. And the other? - He deduces it from, Whether it be ox or sheep, it is the Lord's: 'it' is offered, but its substitute is not offered.

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