Quoting%20commentary for Bekhorot 38:9
מתני׳ <big><strong>הלוקח</strong></big> בהמה מן העובד כוכבים ואינו יודע אם ביכרה אם לא ביכרה רבי ישמעאל אומר
THAT BORN OF A COW OR AN ASS THREE YEARS OLD CERTAINLY BELONGS TO THE PRIEST; AFTER THAT, IT IS A QUESTIONABLE CASE [OF A FIRSTLING].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And in the case of an ass of a questionable first-birth, the Israelite separates a lamb on its behalf, which, however, he retains for himself.');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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