Commentary for Zevachim 28:9
אמר רב שישא בריה דרב אידי מידי דהוה אמראות נגעים דלאו עבודה היא ובעיא כהונה
observed thereon: [The reason is because] 'Eleazar' and 'Statute' are written in connection with it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIX, 2 seq.: This is the statute of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer . . and ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest . . and he shall slaughter her (this is the literal translation, not as E.V.) before face. Thus the text specifies that Eleazar, viz., a priest, must slaughter, and by referring to it as a 'statute' intimates that this is indispensable. This proves that slaughtering is a service.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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