Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 12:7

אמר ליה אביי אי משום הא לא תסייעיה למר הכא במאי עסקינן כגון דלית ליה אלא תשעה והוא דמה נפשך אי בר חיובא הוא שפיר קא מעשר אי לאו בר חיובא הוא תשעה לאו בר עשורי נינהו

taught supporting your view:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., that if a priest has seized a doubtful firstling he has to return it. ');">¹³</span> The [sheep with which the] doubtful [firstlings of asses have been redeemed] enter the stall to be tithed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The sheep that is used to redeem the doubtful firstling of an ass may be kept by the Israelite. He is under no obligation to give it to the priest, for the latter is in the position of a claimant who has to prove his claim, i.e. if the priest claims the sheep from the Israelite, he has to prove that the doubtful firstling is a real firstling. Such sheep, however, are liable to be tithed, if there are ten of them. (V. infra p. 28.) It follows that, in the same way, if in the Israelite's possession, they go into the stall with other sheep to be tithed, and if one of them comes out tenth it is offered as the tithe. ');">¹⁴</span>

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