Quoting%20commentary for Menachot 181:1

הואיל וכתיב ומן הצאן כמאן דכתיב יחדו דמי

since it is written there, And of the flock, it is as though the expression 'together' had been used.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For according to the construction of that verse the interpretation might well be that the words 'and of the flock' must be taken in addition to 'cattle', thus indicating that two animals must be brought for the offering, and that the intervening expression 'of the herd' is merely in apposition to 'cattle'. According to Tosaf. the suggestion that the expressions in this verse must be taken conjunctively is made by reason of the in repetition of the particle 'of', in the verse.');">¹</span> Then according to R'Josiah who says that even though the expression 'together' is not expressly used it is interpreted as though 'together' had been used, a verse is surely necessary [to teach that both need not be brought]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But R. Josiah actually utilizes the verse, which according to R. Jonathan signifies disjunction, for another purpose, namely to exclude bird-offerings.');">²</span>

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