Mesorat%20hashas for Rosh Hashanah 51:8

ולא והא איכא דם פר הואיל ואשתני אשתני

Because the accuser may not act as defender.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Gold' is called the accuser in reference to the Golden Calf. The garments worn by the High Priest in the Holy of Holies and all his other appurtenances there were regarded as propitiatory.');">¹³</span> Is that so? What of the blood of the bullock?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sprinkled by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement. A bullock could be regarded as an 'accuser' for the same reason as gold.');">¹⁴</span>

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