Midrash for Menachot 163:2
אימא טעמא דידי תודה מהיכא קא ילפינא לה משלמים ושלמים שם שם ממעשר מה שלמים אין מין מעשר אף תודה אין מין מעשר לאפוקי חיטין הלקוחות במעות מעשר שני דמין מעשר נינהו
so the [bread of the] thank-offering may not be brought from actual Second Tithe produce; and wheat bought with Second Tithe money is not actual Second Tithe produce.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the original Second Tithe wheat had already been redeemed with money.');"><sup>4</sup></span> And I will state my reason: Whence do I know this of the thank-offering? From peace-offerings.
Sifrei Devarim
"sheep and cattle": Does the Paschal offering not come from lambs and kids? If so, why "sheep and cattle"? Sheep for the Pesach offering and cattle for the festive offering (chagigah), and to compare all that comes from sheep and cattle to the Pesach, viz.: Just as Pesach is a mandatory offering and comes only from chullin (non-consecrated) animals, so all mandatory offerings must come from chullin.
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