Midrash for Bekhorot 51:19
ושלש מחלוקת בדבר דת"ק סבר
while R'Jose comes along and says that even though the expert had not permitted the firstling, [it is still allowed]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For since R. Jose says that there is a hope in slaughtering it, this implies that the expert had not yet examined the animal. We see, therefore, that on the ruling of Resh Lakish there is a difference of opinion among Tannaim.');"><sup>12</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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