Mesorat%20hashas for Chullin 263:6

כהן ואפילו כהנת הוי מיעוט אחר מיעוט ואין מיעוט אחר מיעוט אלא לרבות

and even unto the priest's daughter, for we have here a limitation following a limitation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the passage dealing with the priestly dues there occur the words 'priests' and 'priest', and inasmuch as each serves as a limitation to exclude the priest's daughter, the result is that the successive limitations actually amplify the scope of the law and include the priest's daughter.');">⁵</span>

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