Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 179:9

ת"ש מנחת חוטא קודמת למנחת נדבה מנחת חוטא הוא דקדמה למנחת נדבה הא מנחת סוטה לא מי קתני מפני שהיא מכפרת מפני שהיא באה על חטא קתני והא נמי באה על חטא

and a votive meal-offering, which of these takes precedence? Does a votive meal-offering take precedence, because it requires oil and frankincense; or perhaps a sotah's meal-offering takes precedence, because it is brought to investigate sin? - Come and hear: A SINNER'S MEAL-OFFERING PRECEDES A VOTIVE MEAL-OFFERING: thus, only a sinner's meal-offering precedes a votive meal-offering, but a sotah's meal-offering does not! - [No:] does he then teach, because it makes atonement; [surely] he teaches, BECAUSE IT COMES ON ACCOUNT OF SIN, and this one [a sotah's meal-offering] too comes on account of sin.

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