Midrash for Chullin 269:7
וב"ה אומרים
BETH HILLEL SAY, FIVE, AS IT IS SAID, FIVE SHEEP READY DRESSED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XXV, 18. The expression 'ready dressed', is interpreted to mean that the commandment () of the first of the fleece had been fulfilled in respect of them.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
"your flock": and not that of others (i.e., of gentiles [that you have purchased]). From here it was ruled that one who purchases the shearing of a flock belonging to gentiles is exempt from the (obligation of) the first of the shearing. The shearing of his flock (that he purchased) from his neighbor — if the seller left over (of the shearing itself) for himself, the seller is liable (for the first of the shearing); if he did not, (i.e., if he told the buyer: The first of the shearing of the Cohein is with you), the buyer is liable.
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