Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 8:7

כיון דאיכא אשם גזילות ואשם מעילות דלכפרה אתו לא פסיקא ליה

Then with the other [guilt-offerings] too, it might be said, they are brought to make atonement and they have not done so! - R'Jeremiah answered, It is because we find that Scripture distinguishes between sacrifices that bring about atonement and those that render [the person] fit; those that bring about atonement are sometimes brought after death;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. of the person for whom the atonement was to be made.');">⁶</span> whereas those that render [the person] fit are never brought after death.

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