Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 67:8

והאמר מר והבשר לרבות עצים ולבונה

is to include wood and frankincense; though these are not edible, yet Scripture includes them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The exegesis is to shew that these can become unclean like an edible (though usually only an edible or a utensil can be defiled) , and then the same law applies to them as to food. Now, flesh before sprinkling cannot be worse than these; if these involve flagellation, surely flesh before sprinkling does likewise.');">⁸</span> Raba said: The controversy is in respect of bodily uncleanness, but where the flesh is unclean<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: The controversy is in respect of the uncleanness of the flesh, but in the case of bodily uncleanness etc. (Sh. M.) .');">⁹</span>

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