And moreover, any place where two adjectives come to modify one thing, we can conclude that one adjective is not enough (like עבד עברי Hebrew servant, מזבח הזהב golden altar, עגל מסכה molten calf). And in a place where one is enough, the other will be superfluous. Thus, when it is written, ולקח הכהן המשיח מדם הפר (And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock)²⁶⁹, they interpret משיח (anointed) to mean “high”; that if it were literal, then the noun משיח would be enough alone. On the contrary, when it is written אם הכהן המשיח יחטא (if the anointed priest shall sin)²⁷⁰, the noun משיח is not enough, since one could err and interpret this to mean that he is the king.

footnotes: ²⁶⁹ Leviticus 4:5. ²⁷⁰ Leviticus 4:3.

And moreover, any place where an adjective is superfluous, there will be a homiletical interpretation.