Midrash for Sanhedrin 32:9

ואין עושין סנהדראות כו': מנא לן כדאשכחן במשה דאוקי סנהדראות ומשה במקום שבעים וחד קאי

[hence] only they [were sanctified] by anointing, but not those of later generations. But why not deduce this: those<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the time of Moses. ');">¹⁷</span> [could be consecrated only] by anointing, whereas the vessels made afterwards might be consecrated either by service or by anointing? — R. Papa said: Scripture reads,&nbsp;… wherewith they shall minister in the Sanctuary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. IV, 12. ');">¹⁸</span>

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