Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 202:19

מיתיבי מרים מי הסגירה א"ת משה הסגירה משה זר הוא

but he may not eat of lesser sacrifices. And if higher sacrifices were not stated I would say: He may eat only of lesser sacrifices, since they are lesser,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their sanctity is not so great.');">²⁸</span> but not of higher sacrifices. For that reason both higher sacrifices and lesser sacrifices ar stated. At all events he [the Tanna] teaches, Because they were permitted to a zar and to them: surely that means [to] Moses?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The only instance found of a zar eating of higher sacrifices was when Moses received the breast and thigh of the ram of consecration, which was a higher sacrifice. Thus Moses is counted as a zar, not as a priest');">²⁹</span> - Said R'Shesheth: No; it refers to the High Places [bamah], this agreeing with the view that a meal-offering could be offered at the High Places.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 113a. The meal-offering was a higher sacrifice, and when offered at the High Places (where a zar could officiate) , after the handful had been burnt on the altar the remainder might be eaten by a zar, whereas in the Temple this belonged to the priests only.');">³⁰</span> An objection is raised: Who shut Miriam up?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a leper; v. Num. XII, 14 seq. Before she could be shut away, the symptoms had to be duly diagnosed as leprous.');">³¹</span> If you say, Moses shut her up, surely Moses was a zar,

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