The Worshipped Beast and the Torn Animal Barred from the Altar

"From the cattle": to exclude the worshipped animal. But is this not derived by logic? If the harlot's hire and the price of a dog, whose overlay is permitted, are forbidden for the altar, then a worshipped animal, whose overlay is forbidden, all the more so should be forbidden for the altar. Or the reverse: if the harlot's hire and the price of a dog, which are forbidden for the altar, have their overlay permitted, then a worshipped animal, which is permitted for the altar, all the more so should have its overlay permitted. If so, you have nullified "You shall not covet the silver and gold upon them" (Deuteronomy 7:25). I will uphold "You shall not covet the silver and gold upon them" for a thing that has no breath of life in it, but for a thing that has the breath of life in it, since they are permitted, their overlay should be permitted; therefore Scripture says "from the cattle," to exclude the worshipped animal. And when it says "from the cattle" a second time, lower down, where Scripture need not have said it, it serves only to exclude the torn animal. But is this not derived by logic? If a blemished animal, which is permitted for ordinary use, is forbidden for the altar, then a torn animal, which is forbidden for ordinary use, is it not logical that it should be disqualified for the altar? Blood and forbidden fat prove otherwise, for they are forbidden for ordinary use yet valid for the altar. No: if you spoke of fat and blood, which come from a permitted thing, would you say the same of a torn animal, which is wholly forbidden? The pinching of the bird's neck proves otherwise, for it is wholly forbidden to a layman yet valid for the altar. No: if you spoke of the pinching of the bird, whose sanctity forbids it, would you say the same of this, whose sanctity does not forbid it; since its sanctity does not forbid it, it should not be disqualified for the altar. If you have answered thus, then when Scripture says "from the cattle" lower down, it serves only to exclude the torn animal.