## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 73

###### Sifrei Devarim 73:1
[Sifrei Devarim 73:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/73:1)

**בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ** – זוֹ חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם. וְכִי מָה בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמְּדֵנוּ? אִם לְאוֹכֵל חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם חוּץ לַחוֹמָה – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִמַּעֲשֵׂר; אִם לִפְנֵי זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִתּוֹדָה וּשְׁלָמִים; אִם לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – קַל וָחוֹמֶר מִן הַבְּכוֹר: וּמָה הַבְּכוֹר שֶׁהוּא קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים, הָאוֹכֵל מִמֶּנּוּ לְאַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם שֶׁהֵם קָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים, הָאוֹכֵל מֵהֶם אַחַר זְרִיקַת דָּמִים – אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּהֵא עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה? הָא לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב לְלַמֶּדְךָ, אֶלָּא לְאוֹכֵל חַטָּאת וְאָשָׁם חוּץ לַקְּלָעִים שֶׁעוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 12:17) "your cattle and your flocks": This refers to sin-offerings and guilt-offerings. What does Scripture come to tech us? If (that it is forbidden) to eat sin-offerings and guilt-offerings outside the wall, this can be derived *a fortiori* from *ma'aser*. If that (they may not) be eaten before their blood is sprinkled, this may be derived *a fortiori* from thank and peace-offerings (lower-order offerings). If that a non-priest (may not eat of them) even after their blood had been sprinkled, this may be derived *a fortiori* from *bechor*, viz.: If *bechor*, a lower-order offering — if one eats of it (even) after its blood has been sprinkled, he transgresses a negative commandment, then sin and guilt-offerings, if one eats of them (even) after their blood has been sprinkled, how much more so does he transgress a negative commandment! The purpose of the verse, then, must be to teach us that if one eats a sin or guilt-offering outside the curtains (of the tabernacle) he transgresses a negative commandment.