Commentary for Zevachim 31:9

ה"נ לפרוך מה להצד השוה שבהן שכן לא הותרו בבמה מתקיף לה רב סמא בריה דרבא ומאן לימא לן דאונן אסור בבמה דלמא שרי בבמה

Then let a [priest] with a blemish prove it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who is not so forbidden.');">¹⁰</span> And thus the argument revolves, the distinguishing feature of one is not that of the other [and vice versa]; the feature common to both is that they are forbidden etc. But here too let us refute [the argument]: the feature common to both is that they were not permitted at the high places?

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