Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 90:3

אמר להו רב פפא אפי' תימא רבי יוסי שאני התם דאמר קרא להם להם ולא לעובדי כוכבים

GEMARA. Our Rabbis taught: You might think that liability on account of defilement is incurred only in respect of that which has mattirin both for man and for the altar; and that is logical: If liability on account of piggul is incurred only in respect of that which has mattirin both for man and for the altar, though it is fixed [invariable], and [is incurred] in one state of awareness, and was never permitted contrary to its general prohibition; then surely it is logical that defilement involves liability only in respect of that which has mattirin both for man and for the altar, seeing that it requires a variable burnt-offering, two states of awareness, and is [sometimes] permitted in opposition to its general prohibition. Therefore Scripture wrote, [Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel,] which they hallow unto Me. You might think [that liability is involved] immediately; therefore Scripture teaches, [Whoever he be . . .] that approacheth [unto the holy things . . . having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before Me]. Now R. Eleazar said: Is then one who [merely] touches [the holy things] liable? Why does it say 'that approacheth'? [To teach that] the Writ speaks of flesh which was made fit to be offered. How so? If it has mattirin, [culpability is incurred] only when the mattirin have been offered; if it has no mattirin, [culpability is incurred] as soon as it is sanctified in a [sacred] vessel.

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