Reference for Menachot 7:6

חוץ ממנחת חוטא ומנחת קנאות: בשלמא מנחת חוטא חטאת קרייה רחמנא (ויקרא ה, יא) לא ישים עליה שמן ולא יתן עליה לבונה כי חטאת היא וגו' אלא מנחת קנאות מנלן

From the following which a Tanna recited before R'Nahman: The surplus of the meal-offering of jealousy was used for [public] freewill-offerings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if a sum of money was set aside for the purpose of acquiring barley for the meal-offering of jealousy, and if in the meantime barley fell in price, the surplus money was to be put into the special collecting boxes in the Temple (v. Shek. VI, 1, 5) . The accumulated money was expended in the purchase of animals for sacrifices which were offered as public freewill-offerings whenever the altar was 'vacant'.');">⁶</span> Whereupon he [R'Nahman] said to him, Well spoken, indeed! For the expression 'iniquity' is used with regard to it as well as with regard to the sin-offering;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So according to the text of MS.M. and Sh. Mek. In connection with the sin-offering it is written (Ibid. X, 17) . And he hath given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation; and in connection with the meal-offering of jealousy it is written (Num. V, 15) . Bringing iniquity to remembrance.');">⁷</span>

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