Mesorat%20hashas for Temurah 16:46

אמרו ליה

Because it appears similar to the case of a priest who assists in the threshing floor!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It might appear that the reason why the priest is taking the firstling from the Israelite before the time of its tending expires, thus relieving the Israelite of further trouble with the animal, is because the priest expects him to give him future firstlings. We see therefore that there is a Mishnah holding this reason in the case of assisting in the threshing-floor.');">²⁹</span>

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