Mesorat%20hashas for Chullin 4:38
אילימא דאיטמי במת (במדבר יט, טז) בחלל חרב אמר רחמנא
There is the source of the law, seeing that it is in the tractate which deals with consecrated things; [our Mishnah] here mentions the unclean person slaughtering consecrated beasts only because it mentions the unclean person slaughtering common beasts. This unclean person of whom we speak, how did he become unclean? If we were to say that he became unclean by touching a corpse, [there is this difficulty]. The Divine law says: One slain with a sword,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIX, 16.');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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