Quoting%20commentary for Keritot 7:39
משום דנתרבה באליה וכדתנא ר' חנניא
If [Scripture] would not have written 'sheep', leaving us to derive it from 'ox' and 'goat', [I would have objected] that 'ox' and 'goat' were an exception, since they were both singled out as offerings for idolatry.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ox for idolatry committed by the public, cf. Lev. IV. 13f.');"><sup>19</sup></span>
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