And when the sages say that an amplificatory expression after an amplificatory expression comes to restrict and a restrictive expression after a restrictive expression comes to amplify, this is founded upon the wisdom of logic, and there are in this several rules. However, all of the places where I found this rule in Sifra are based upon one foundation - it is known in logic that whenever two nouns come one after the other, the second noun restricts the first, and if the scope of the second noun includes more than the first, it comes to amplify; and whenever the order is reversed, it comes to restrict (as when we wrote in Rule 266 about the difference between בני אהרן הכהנים (Aaron’s sons, the priests) and הכהנים בני אהרן (the priests, Aaron’s sons)).

And if a third noun comes after it – it comes to restrict the second noun. And if the second noun restricts – the third noun comes to restrict it, that it will not restrict anything. And if it comes to amplify – the third noun comes to restrict it, that it will not amplify anything.