Midrash for Chullin 259:27
אלא טעמא דכתב רחמנא זה הא לאו הכי הוה אמינא
of unconsecrated animals since they are [also] subject to the law of the Firstling!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas consecrated animals are not subject to the law of the Firstling, consequently they should neither be subject to the priestly dues.');"><sup>23</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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