Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 38:7

שאני התם דתנא בה קרא תריסר זימנין

And thereupon Samuel had said, This applies only to the measuring vessels [for liquids], but the sprinkling bowls hallow [also dry stuffs], for it is written, Both of them full of fine flour!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. VII, 13, and frequently in the chapter. 'Both' refers to the silver dish and the silver sprinkling bowl mentioned previously in the verse in connection with the presentation of gifts and offerings by the Princes of the twelve tribes at the dedication of the altar. These vessels obviously hallowed the flour that was put into them; hence Samuel derives the rule for all time that a sprinkling bowl hallows also dry stuffs.');">¹⁰</span> - This case is different since the verse is repeated twelve times.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With the presentation of each of the princes. This oft repeated rite was clearly intended for all times.');">¹¹</span>

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