Tosefta for Bava Batra 246:3
איתיביה (שמואל א ל, יז) ויכם דוד מהנשף ועד הערב למחרתם אמר ליה דאקריך נביאי לא אקריך כתובי דכתיב (דברי הימים א יב, כא) בלכתו אל צקלג נפלו עליו ממנשה עדנה ויוזבד וידיעאל ומיכאל ויוזבד ואליהוא וצלתי ראשי האלפים אשר למנשה
and born between the walls [of Egypt], for it is said, Who was born to Levi in Egypt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXVI, 59. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> [which implies that] her birth was in Egypt but her conception was not in Egypt'. R. Helbo enquired of R. Samuel b. Nahmani: It is written, And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph etc.;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXX, 25. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Tosefta Terumot
Associates of the priesthood and of the Levites (those with an arrangement with a specific Kohen or Levite to give him their priestly or Levitical gifts, see Tosafot to Bava Batra 123b:8) are not authorized to do this; however, [with respect to] lost items, it is permitted because he is like one who returns a lost object [to its owner].
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