Quotation for Yevamot 141:2

כל ערל לא יאכל בו למה לי בו אינו אוכל אבל אוכל הוא במצה ומרור

only may he not eat, but he may eat of the unleavened bread and bitter herbs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which were served with the Paschal lamb. V. Ex. XII, 8. ');">⁴</span> And it was necessary for Scripture to specify<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to write', in regard to the prohibition of eating the Paschal lamb. ');">⁵</span> both 'Uncircumcised' and 'There shall no alien.' For had the All Merciful mentioned the 'uncircumcised' only it might have been assumed [that the prohibition applies only to him], because he is repulsive. but not to an alien who is not repulsive. And had the All Merciful written only 'There shall no alien' it might have been assumed [that only he is subject to the prohibition]. because his heart is not directed towards heaven, but not the uncircumcised whose heart is directed towards heaven. [Hence both were] required. What<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the expression. 'Thereof'. is made the basis of an exposition. ');">⁶</span>

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