Commentary for Zevachim 179:7
מנחת חוטא כו': אדרבה מנחת נדבה קודמת שכן טעונה שמן ולבונה אפ"ה מנחת חוטא הבאה על חטא עדיפא דמכפרת
BIRD-OFFERINGS PRECEDE etc. On the contrary, meal-offerings should take precedence, since they are both congregational and private?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the meal-offerings which accompanied the 'omer (sheaf of corn) and the Two Loaves; these were congregational (v. Lev. XXIII, 10-21) . There were no public offerings of birds.');"><sup>10</sup></span> - Even so, the fact that they are blood sacrifices outweighs this.
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