Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 70:10

והכהנים בחלה ובתרומה וכו': פשיטא מהו דתימא מצה שוה לכל אדם בעינן קמ"ל מצות מצות ריבה:

And what [reason] do you see [to interpret thus]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To apply the limitation of the first verse to the one case and the extension of the second to the other - perhaps it should be reversed?');">¹¹</span> - The one has become corn [dagan], while the other has not become corn.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The priestly due, i.e., the great terumah, is 'the firstfruits of thy corn' (Deut. XVIII, 4) . Hence once it is piled up as corn it is due, and the Israelite cannot then evade his obligations by reversing the order. But before it is piled up there is no obligation for the great terumah; therefore if the Levite receives his first tithe then he is not defrauding the priest.');">¹²</span>

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