Commentary for Zevachim 9:1

לא ידע במאי כתב רחמנא זאת התורה ואי כתב רחמנא זאת התורה הוה אמינא ליפסלו כתב רחמנא מוצא שפתיך

I do not know to what this refers,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I would not know that Scripture refers at all to the offering of a sacrifice for a purpose other than its own.');">¹</span> therefore the Divine Law wrote 'this is the law' etc. While if the Divine Law wrote 'this is the law' [only], I would say that they become invalid;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If not offered for their own sake.');">²</span>

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