Midrash for Chullin 259:15
מתיישים
AND IF THEY DIED THEY MAY BE REDEEMED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though they are fit now only for dogs' food; for the rule (Bek. 15a) , 'One must not redeem consecrated animals in order to feed dogs ;udv ,ause therewith', does not apply to these animals, since they were never regarded as consecrated themselves () , but only as consecrated ohns ,ause for their value () . Moreover this Tanna is of the opinion that whatsoever is consecrated for value only need not be made to stand when being redeemed, as is the case with animal offerings when being redeemed on account of a blemish (v. Lev. XXVII, 11,12) .');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 18:3) "And this shall be the judgment of the Cohanim": We are hereby taught that the priestly gifts (shoulder, cheeks, and maw) are "law" (to the end of extracting them by court order from a thief who stole them from a Cohein who had acquired them from hefker [ownerless property]).
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