Why Aaron's Consecration Needed Every Offering Whole

Sifra, Mekhilta deMiluim I 19

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

19) (Vayikra 8:22): "And he presented the second ram": Now has Scripture not already mentioned the two rams, (viz. Vayikra 8:2: "and the two [connoting "identical"] rams")? Why, then, is it necessary to state "And he presented the second ram"? (To imply) that if he brought a bullock and (only) one of the rams, he has not effected the sanctification; two rams and no bullock, he has not effected the sanctification; two rams and a bullock and not the basket of unleavened bread, (viz. Vayikra 8:26) he has not effected the sanctification.

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