ג אם היה זקן מרכיבו על החמור: תנא כפועל בטל אמר אביי כפועל בטל של אותה מלאכה:
3 A Tanna taught: He receives payment on the scale of a workman with nothing to do. [What does the expression 'an idle workman' mean, since it does not render him idle? ] - Abaye said: He pays the priest like a workman idle from his particular occupation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If, for example, he performs light work and earns a big wage, then the priest's compensation would only be slightly less than what he receives for his normal work. But if his work was of an arduous kind for which he received say, three zuz, then if he had invited him to take a zuz for much lighter work, he would probably have accepted the offer, This is therefore what the priest receives now for his services which prevented him following his occupation, but not the whole of his usual wages, as the work which the priest is performing for him is not arduous.');"><sup>3</sup></span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF ONE IS SUSPECTED IN CONNECTION WITH FIRSTLINGS,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., of causing blemishes.');"><sup>4</sup></span> EVEN DEER'S FLESH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The flesh being red, it can be exchanged for calf's flesh, and he might therefore sell him the flesh of an unblemished firstling calf, pretending that it is deer's flesh.');"><sup>5</sup></span> WE MUST NOT BUY FROM HIM, NOR UNDRESSED HIDES.