Midrash for Bekhorot 51:14
אלא לאו התירו מומחה איכא בינייהו דתנא קמא סבר
Indeed the Sages clearly said: He shall place it in the window, as perhaps there is hope [of being able to use it].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If he should slaughter it as it is stated in the next passage.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 15:19) "Every firstling (bechor)": Scripture apprises us that a bechor is to be eaten (by the Cohein) all of its (first) year. This tells me only of an unblemished bechor. Whence do I derive (the same for) a blemished one (that cannot be sacrificed)? From "every bechor." From "You shall not work with the bechor of your bullock, etc." we are taught that it is forbidden to shear or to work with a bechor. This tells me only of an unblemished bechor. Whence do I derive (the same for) a blemished one? From "every bechor."
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