Reference for Bava Metzia 17:4

אי הכי ליערבינהו וליתנינהו שנים שהיו מושכין ומנהיגין בין בגמל בין בחמור

let [the Tanna] combine them and teach: 'If two persons were pulling and leading either a camel or an ass'? — There is one side which [prevents the combination, as one of the two actions mentioned] is invalid [in the case of one of the animals]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore the Tanna could not adopt the phrasing first suggested, and he had to say: 'If two persons were pulling a camel or leading an ass, or if one was pulling and one was leading,' viz., the animal which can be acquired by either method, — but this would not apply to the other animal, which could only be acquired by one of the methods. ');">⁴</span>

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