Commentary for Zevachim 239:11

איתמר עולת במת יחיד רב אמר אין טעונה הפשט וניתוח ורבי יוחנן אמר טעונה הפשט וניתוח וקא מיפלגי בדר"י הגלילי דתניא ר"י הגלילי אומר עולה שהקריבו ישראל במדבר אין טעונה הפשט וניתוח שאין הפשט וניתוח אלא מאהל מועד ואילך

And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XIV, 34. R. Eleazar leaves the difficulty unanswered.');">¹⁴</span> One master answered: one [text] applies to hullin, the other to sacrifices.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The text specifying 'day' applies to sacrifices, which must be slaughtered by day even at a private bamah.');">¹⁵</span> The other master answered: One refers to the sacrifices of a great bamah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These must be sacrificed by day. - He would explain then that when Saul specified day, he referred to those who would wait until they could sacrifice at the public bamah.');">¹⁶</span>

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