Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 41:8

אלא מאי חומרייהו הני אפשר בתשובה הני לא אפשר בתשובה

-That [Eleh has been written] to exclude [the sin of false] measures from the penalty of <i>kareth</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the expression of 'abomination' has been applied in the Pentateuchal text to both false measures and forbidden relations, it might have been assumed that the sin of the former is, like the latter, subject to kareth. Hence the need for the excluding word. ');">¹⁹</span> In what respect, then,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the penalty of kareth is inflicted for the sin of incest only and not for that of false measures. ');">²⁰</span> are they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The punishments for false measures. ');">²¹</span>

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