Commentary for Zevachim 184:5

רבה אמר אמר קרא (ויקרא ו, כ) אשר יזה בהזאות הכתוב מדבר

Rabbah said, Scripture saith, and when there is sprinkled [yazzeh]: hence the Writ speaks of those which are sprinkled.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Haza'ah, from which yazzeh is derived, is written only in connection with the inner sin-offerings, but not in connection with the outer sin-offerings, where zarak is written (both haza'ah and zerikah denote sprinkling, but the latter implies with more force than the former) . Hence the Writ refers primarily to inner sin-offerings, and it is the outer sin-offerings which are included by 'the law of', implying one law for all.');">⁷</span> But surely we learnt: THOUGH SCRIPTURE SPEAKS OF [THE SIN-OFFERINGS] WHICH ARE EATEN?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which shews that it refers primarily to outer sin-offerings.');">⁸</span>

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