Quoting%20commentary for Bekhorot 7:20

אלמה אמר רב אדא בר אהבה

a Levite who had a sheep [in the wilderness] to release [a first-born of an Israelite ass], could ipso facto release [his own], but he who did not possess a sheep to release [a first-born of an Israelite ass] could not release his own?

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