## Bekhorot Daf 4b

###### Bekhorot 4b:1
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וּלְדוֹרוֹת מְנָלַן? אָמַר קְרָא: ״וְהָיוּ לִי הַלְוִיִּם״, ״וְהָיוּ״ — בַּהֲוָויָיתָן יְהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And from where do we** derive that the priests and Levites are exempt from their offspring being counted a firstborn **for** all **generations?** The Gemara answers that **the verse states: “And the Levites shall be Mine”** (Numbers 3:12). The term **“shall be”** indicates that **they shall be,** i.e., shall remain, **in their** current **state** of sanctity. Just as firstborn status did not apply to the priests or the Levites in the wilderness, it does not apply to priests or Levites in subsequent generations.


###### Bekhorot 4b:2
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וּמִמַּאי דִּבְשֶׂה? אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: נֶאֱמַר כֶּסֶף לְדוֹרוֹת, וְנֶאֱמַר שֶׂה לְדוֹרוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Rav Safra (4a) referred to the fact that the sanctity of the firstborn donkeys of the Israelites was abrogated by the lambs of the Levites. The Gemara asks: **From where** is it derived **that** this abrogation was accomplished **with a lamb? Rav Ḥisda says:** The word **“silver” is stated** with regard to the redemption of a woman’s firstborn son **for** later **generations** in the verse: “And their redemption money…shall be, according to your valuation, five shekels of silver” (Numbers 18:16). **And** in addition, the word **“lamb” is stated** with regard to the redemption of a firstborn donkey **for** later **generations** in the verse: “And every firstborn donkey you shall redeem with a lamb” (Exodus 13:13).


###### Bekhorot 4b:3
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מָה כֶּסֶף הָאָמוּר לְדוֹרוֹת — בּוֹ פָּדוּ לְדוֹרוֹת, בּוֹ פָּדוּ לְאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה, אַף שֶׂה הָאָמוּר לְדוֹרוֹת — בּוֹ פָּדוּ לְדוֹרוֹת, בּוֹ פָּדוּ בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Therefore, one can derive that **just as** concerning **silver, which was mentioned with regard to** later **generations,** the Israelites **redeemed with it in** later **generations** and **they** also **redeemed with it at that time,** as the surplus firstborn in the wilderness were redeemed with five shekels (see Numbers 3:47), **so too** concerning the **lamb, which was mentioned with regard to** later **generations, they redeemed with it in** later **generations,** and **they redeemed with it at that time.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:4
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מָה לְכֶסֶף — שָׁכֵן פּוֹדִין בּוֹ הֶקְדֵּשׁוֹת וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects the comparison: **What** is notable **about silver?** It is notable **in that** it is also used for redemption in other cases, as **one can redeem consecrated property and second-tithe** produce **with it,** which is not the *halakha* with regard to lambs.


###### Bekhorot 4b:5
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אֶלָּא, אָמַר קְרָא: ״אַךְ פָּדֹה תִפְדֶּה אֶת בְּכוֹר הָאָדָם וְאֵת בְּכוֹר הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּמֵאָה תִּפְדֶּה״, מָה בְּכוֹר אָדָם לֹא חִלַּקְתָּ בֵּין לְדוֹרוֹת בֵּין לְאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה — בְּכֶסֶף, אַף בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה לֹא תַּחְלוֹק בּוֹ בֵּין לְדוֹרוֹת בֵּין לְאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה — בְּשֶׂה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** it can be derived from the fact that **the verse states: “Yet you shall redeem the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of non-kosher animals you shall redeem”** (Numbers 18:15). The juxtaposition of the two cases demonstrates that **just as** with regard to **a** woman’s **firstborn son you have not distinguished between** the *halakha* **for** later **generations and** the *halakha* **for that time,** as the redemption is performed **with silver** in both cases, **so too,** with regard to the redemption of **a non-kosher animal, you should not distinguish between** the *halakha* **for** later **generations and for that time,** as it must be performed **with a lamb** in both situations.


###### Bekhorot 4b:6
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אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא: שֶׂה אֶחָד שֶׁל בֶּן לֵוִי פָּטַר כַּמָּה פִּטְרֵי חֲמוֹרִים מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל. אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: תֵּדַע, שֶׁהֲרֵי מָנָה הַכָּתוּב עוֹדְפִים בְּאָדָם, וְלֹא מָנָה עוֹדְפִין בִּבְהֵמָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara resumes its discussion of the procedure for the redemption of the firstborn donkeys in the wilderness: **Rabbi Ḥanina says** that **one lamb of a Levite** in the wilderness **rendered several firstborn donkeys of the Israelites exempt** from the obligations of firstborn status. **Abaye says: Know** that this is so, **as the verse enumerates the surplus of** firstborn **humans** when it says that there were 273 more firstborn Israelites than Levites who needed to be redeemed with silver (see Numbers 3:46); **but** the verse **does not enumerate** any **surplus of** Israelite **animals.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:7
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מִמַּאי? דִּילְמָא לָא הָוֵי נְפִישִׁי לְהוּ בְּהֵמוֹת טוּבָא? לָא סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ! דִּכְתִיב: ״וּמִקְנֶה רַב הָיָה לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן וְלִבְנֵי גָד״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **From where** is this proven? **Perhaps** the Israelites **did not have many animals,** and their firstborn donkeys did not outnumber the lambs of the Levites. The Gemara answers: Do **not** let this possibility **enter your mind, as it is written: “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock”** (Numbers 32:1).


###### Bekhorot 4b:8
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דִּילְמָא אֲפִילּוּ הָכִי, פְּשׁוּטִים דִּלְוִיִּם הֲווֹ קָיְימִי לְבַהֲדֵי בְּכוֹרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל! אָמַר קְרָא: ״וְאֶת בֶּהֱמַת הַלְוִיִּם תַּחַת בְּהֶמְתָּם״, בְּהֵמָה אַחַת תַּחַת בְּהֵמוֹת הַרְבֵּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges: **Perhaps even so,** the number of **ordinary** animals **of the Levites** that were not firstborn **corresponded to** the number of **firstborn** animals belonging to **the Israelites.** The Gemara explains that **the verse states:** “Take the Levites in exchange for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, **and the animal of [*behemat*] the Levites in exchange for their animals [*behemtam*]”** (Numbers 3:45). The use of the word *behemat* in the singular indicates that the transaction involved **one animal** of the Levites **in exchange for many animals** of the Israelites.


###### Bekhorot 4b:9
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וְאֵימָא בְּהֵמָה רַבָּה? אִם כֵּן, לִיכְתּוֹב קְרָא אוֹ ״בְּהֵמָה תַּחַת בְּהֵמָה״ אוֹ ״בְּהֶמְתָּם תַּחַת בְּהֶמְתָּם״! מַאי ״בֶּהֱמַת... תֵּחַת בְּהֶמְתָּם״? שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ חַד פָּטַר טוּבָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And say** the word *behemat* is referring to many animals, as in the phrase: **“And many animals [*uvhema rabba*]”** (Jonah 4:11). The Gemara answers: **If so, let the verse write either: *Behema*** of the Levites **in exchange for *behema*, or: *Behemtam* in exchange for *behemtam*. What** is the significance of the phrase **“*behemat*** the Levites **in exchange for *behemtam*”? Learn from it** that **one** lamb of a Levite **rendered many** donkeys of Israelites **exempt.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:10
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אָמַר רָבָא, אַף אֲנַן נָמֵי תְּנֵינָא: וּפוֹדֶה בּוֹ פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה. וְרַבִּי חֲנִינָא טַעְמָא דְמַתְנִיתִין מְפָרֵשׁ, וְהָכִי קָאָמַר: מַאי טַעְמָא פּוֹדֶה בּוֹ פְּעָמִים הַרְבֵּה? מִשּׁוּם דְּשֶׂה אֶחָד שֶׁל בֶּן לֵוִי פּוֹטֵר כַּמָּה פִּטְרֵי חֲמוֹרִים שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava said: We learn** in a mishna (9a), **as well,** a support for Rabbi Ḥanina’s statement: **And** if the priest returns the lamb to him, he may **redeem** firstborn donkeys **with it many times** if he repurchases the lamb from the priest each time upon redeeming a donkey. **And** actually, **Rabbi Ḥanina is** not offering his own opinion, but is rather **explaining the reasoning of the mishna, and this** is what he **is saying: What is the reason** that the owner **may redeem** firstborn donkeys **with** the same lamb **many times?** It is **because one lamb of a Levite renders exempt several firstborn donkeys belonging to an Israelite.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:11
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אִיתְּמַר, רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: קָדְשׁוּ בְּכוֹרוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּר, וְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר: לֹא קָדְשׁוּ בְּכוֹרוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ It **was stated** with regard to the sanctity of the firstborn in the wilderness: **Rabbi Yoḥanan says** that both **firstborn** animals and firstborn sons born **in the wilderness were sanctified, and Reish Lakish says:** The **firstborn** that were born **in the wilderness were not sanctified.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:12
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רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: קָדְשׁוּ בְּכוֹרוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּר, דְּרַחֲמָנָא אָמַר לִיקְדְּשׁוּ, דִּכְתִיב: ״קַדֶּשׁ לִי כׇל בְּכוֹר״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains the reason for each opinion: **Rabbi Yoḥanan says** that the **firstborn** that were born **in the wilderness were sanctified, since the Merciful One states they should be sanctified, as it is written** prior to the Jews leaving Egypt: **“Sanctify to Me all the firstborn”** (Exodus 13:2).


###### Bekhorot 4b:13
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וְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר: לֹא קָדְשׁוּ בְּכוֹרוֹת בַּמִּדְבָּר, מִדִּכְתִיב: ״וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ״, וּכְתִיב בָּתְרֵיהּ: ״וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ״, מִכְּלָל דְּמֵעִיקָּרָא לָא קְדוּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Reish Lakish says:** Although the firstborn in Egypt were sanctified, **the firstborn** that were born **in the wilderness were not sanctified, as it is written: “And it shall be when** the Lord **shall bring you** into the land of the Canaanites” (Exodus 13:11), **and it is written afterward: “And you shall set apart** all firstborn of the womb to the Lord” (Exodus 13:12). **By inference,** it can be derived **that initially,** before the Jewish people entered Eretz Yisrael, those that were born in the wilderness **were not sanctified.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:14
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אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן לְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: עַד שֶׁלֹּא הוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָיוּ בָּמוֹת מוּתָּרוֹת וַעֲבוֹדָה בִּבְכוֹרוֹת! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּאוֹתָן שֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan raised an objection to** the opinion of **Reish Lakish** from a mishna (*Zevaḥim* 112b): **Until the Tabernacle was established,** private **altars were permitted and** the sacrificial **service** was performed **by the firstborn.** Clearly, then, the firstborn in the wilderness were sanctified. Reish Lakish **said to him:** That mishna is referring **to those** firstborn **who left Egypt,** who performed the sacrificial service, and not to the ones born in the wilderness.


###### Bekhorot 4b:15
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הָכִי נָמֵי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, דְּאִי לָא תֵּימָא הָכִי, בֶּן שָׁנָה בַּר מֶיעְבַּד עֲבוֹדָה הוּא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **This too stands to reason, as if you do not say so, is** an infant **in its** first **year capable of performing the** sacrificial **service?** Since the Tabernacle was established only a year after the Jewish people left Egypt, clearly the firstborn who performed the sacrificial service at that time were born in Egypt.


###### Bekhorot 4b:16
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וּדְקָאָרֵי לַהּ, מַאי קָאָרֵי לַהּ?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And he who asked it, why did he ask it?** Isn’t it obvious that the firstborn born in Egypt performed the sacrificial service in the first years of the Tabernacle?


###### Bekhorot 4b:17
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הָכִי קָא קַשְׁיָא לֵיהּ: אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא דְּלָא פָּסֵיק קְדוּשְׁתַּיְיהוּ — הָנָךְ דְּמֵעִיקָּרָא נָמֵי לָא פָּקְעָא קְדוּשְׁתַּיְיהוּ, אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ דְּפָסֵק קְדוּשְׁתַּיְיהוּ — הָנָךְ דְּמֵעִיקָּרָא נָמֵי פָּקְעָא לֵיהּ קְדוּשְׁתַּיְיהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **This was his difficulty: Granted, if you say that the sanctity of** the firstborn **did not cease** from the time that the mitzva of: “Sanctify to Me all the firstborn” (Exodus 13:2), was given in Egypt, and those born in the wilderness were also sanctified, then with regard to **these** firstborn **who** were **originally** in Egypt, **their sanctity also did not lapse.** Therefore, they could perform the sacrificial service in the first years of the Tabernacle. **But if you say that the sanctity of** the firstborn **ceased** and the firstborn born in the wilderness were not sanctified, then with regard to **these** firstborn **that** were **originally** born in Egypt, **their sanctity also lapsed.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:18
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וְאִידַּךְ: דִּקְדוּשׁ — קְדוּשׁ, דְּלָא קְדוּשׁ — לָא קְדוּשׁ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And the other** *amora*, Reish Lakish, responded: No proof may be derived from here, as those **who were sanctified** in Egypt **were sanctified** and did not then lose their sanctity in the wilderness, while those **who were not sanctified** in Egypt **were not sanctified** in the wilderness.


###### Bekhorot 4b:19
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אֵיתִיבֵיהּ: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שֶׁהוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן, קָרְבוּ בּוֹ לָהֶם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל נְדָרִים וּנְדָבוֹת, חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת, בְּכוֹרוֹת וּמַעַשְׂרוֹת. הָכִי נָמֵי — בְּאוֹתָן שֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם. וּמִינַּהּ: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם הוּא דִּקְרוּב, מִיכָּן וְאֵילָךְ לָא קְרוּב!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Yoḥanan **raised an objection to** the opinion of Reish Lakish from a *baraita*: On **the same day that the Tabernacle was established,** many types of offerings **were sacrificed by the Jewish people,** including **vow** offerings **and gift** offerings, **sin offerings and guilt offerings,** kosher **firstborn** animal offerings **and** animal **tithe** offerings. If firstborn animal offerings were sacrificed in the wilderness, then evidently the firstborn animals were sanctified in the wilderness. Reish Lakish answered him: This is referring **also to those** firstborn animals **that left Egypt** and were already sanctified there. The Gemara comments: **And** it may be understood **from** the *baraita* itself that the opinion of Reish Lakish is correct, as one can infer from it: **That day is when** the firstborn **were sacrificed,** but **beyond that they were not sacrificed.**


###### Bekhorot 4b:20
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אִיכָּא דְּאָמְרִי: אֵיתִיבֵיהּ רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ לְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם שֶׁהוּקַם הַמִּשְׁכָּן קָרְבוּ לָהֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל נְדָרִים וּנְדָבוֹת חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת בְּכוֹרוֹת וּמַעַשְׂרוֹת. אוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם — אִין, מִיכָּן וְאֵילָךְ — לָא! אֵימָא: מֵאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם וְאֵילָךְ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**There are** those **who say** the discussion proceeded as follows: **Reish Lakish raised an objection to** the opinion of **Rabbi Yoḥanan:** On **the same day that the Tabernacle was established,** many types of offerings **were sacrificed by the Jewish people,** including **vow** offerings **and gift** offerings, **sin offerings and guilt offerings,** kosher **firstborn** animal offerings **and** animal **tithe** offerings. It may be inferred that on **that day, yes,** the firstborn animals were sacrificed, but **beyond that** the firstborn animals were **not** sacrificed, indicating that the male firstborn animals in the wilderness were not sanctified. The Gemara responds: One can **say** that the *baraita* means that **from that day onward,** all of those offerings were sacrificed.


###### Bekhorot 4b:21
[Bekhorot 4b:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/4b:21)

וּמַאי קָמַשְׁמַע לַן? מֵאוֹתוֹ הַיּוֹם — אִין, מֵעִיקָּרָא — לָא. אַלְמָא חוֹבוֹת בְּבָמָה לָא קְרוּב.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And what,** then, **is** the *baraita* **teaching us?** The Gemara answers: It is teaching that **from that day** onward, **yes,** the Jewish people brought those offerings, but **initially,** prior to the establishment of the Tabernacle, they were **not** brought. **Evidently, obligatory** offerings such as these **were not sacrificed on** a private **altar;** only voluntary offerings were sacrificed on such altars.


###### Bekhorot 4b:22
[Bekhorot 4b:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/4b:22)

תָּא שְׁמַע, נִמְצֵאתָ אַתָּה אוֹמֵר: בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מְקוֹמוֹת קָדְשׁוּ בְּכוֹרוֹת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל — בְּמִצְרַיִם, וּבַמִּדְבָּר, וּבִכְנִיסָתָן יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֶרֶץ. בְּמִצְרַיִם מַהוּ אוֹמֵר? ״קַדֶּשׁ לִי כׇל בְּכוֹר״. בַּמִּדְבָּר הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״כִּי לִי כׇל בְּכוֹר בִּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״. בִּכְנִיסָתָם לָאָרֶץ הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״וְהָיָה כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ... וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara suggests: **Come** and **hear** a proof for the opinion of Rabbi Yoḥanan from a *baraita*: **You are found** to be **saying** that **the firstborn of the Jewish people were sanctified in three locations: In Egypt, and in the wilderness, and upon the entry of the Jewish people into Eretz** Yisrael. **In Egypt, what does** the verse **state? “Sanctify to Me all the firstborn”** (Exodus 13:2). **In the wilderness,** the verse **states: “For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine”** (Numbers 8:17). **With regard to their entry into Eretz** Yisrael, the verse **states: “And it shall be when** the Lord **shall bring you** into the land of the Canaanites…**and you shall set apart** all firstborn of the womb to the Lord” (Exodus 13:11–12). This *baraita* indicates that the firstborn born in the wilderness were sanctified.


###### Bekhorot 4b:23
[Bekhorot 4b:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/4b:23)

אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מְקוֹמוֹת הוּזְהֲרוּ עַל הַבְּכוֹרוֹת לִיקְדַּשׁ, וְלֹא קָדְשׁוּ. וּבְמִצְרַיִם נָמֵי לָא קְדוּשׁ? הָא קָאָמְרִינַן דִּקְדוּשׁ! הָכִי אָמַר: מֵהֶן קָדְשׁוּ, וּמֵהֶן לֹא קָדְשׁוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara rejects this proof. **Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said:** The *baraita* means that the Jewish people **were commanded in three locations with regard to the firstborn,** that is, **to sanctify** them, **but they did not sanctify** them in practice. The Gemara asks: **But** according to this, **were they not sanctified in Egypt either? Didn’t we say that they were sanctified** even according to Reish Lakish? The Gemara answers: **This** is what the *tanna* **is saying:** They were commanded in three locations to sanctify the firstborn. In some **of those** cases, i.e., in Egypt and in Eretz Yisrael, **they sanctified** them, **and** in some **of them,** i.e., in the wilderness, **they did not sanctify** them.


###### Bekhorot 4b:24
[Bekhorot 4b:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bekhorot/r/4b:24)

מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב פָּפָּא: וּבַמִּדְבָּר לֹא קָדְשׁוּ? וְהָכְתִיב: ״פְּקֹד כׇּל בְּכֹר זָכָר לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״! אֶלָּא, אִי אִיתְּמַר הָכִי אִיתְּמַר: רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן אָמַר: קָדְשׁוּ וְלֹא פָּסְקוּ, וְרֵישׁ לָקִישׁ אָמַר: קָדְשׁוּ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa objects to this: And did they not sanctify** them **in the wilderness? But isn’t it written: “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel** from a month old and upward” (Numbers 3:40), a commandment that was fulfilled (see Numbers 3:42)? The firstborn referred to certainly include those born in the wilderness, as this counting occurred in the second year after the exodus from Egypt. **Rather, if** a dispute between Rabbi Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish **was stated** with regard to this matter, it **was stated like this: Rabbi Yoḥanan says** the firstborn that were born in the wilderness **were sanctified and** their sanctity **did not cease, and Reish Lakish says** they **were sanctified** only until the time of the counting referred to above,