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Sforno on Leviticus 7:19/ספורנו על ויקרא ז׳:י״ט

אוְעִם הֱיוֹת כֻּלָּם קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים, נֶאֶסְרָה הַטֻּמְאָה בָּאוֹכְלִים וּבַנֶּאֱכָלִים, וְחִיּוּב הַכָּרֵת הוּא בְּטָמֵא שֶׁאָכַל אֶת הַטָּהוֹר, ״הַקָּרֵב לֶאֱכֹל מֵהַקֹּדֶשׁ הַטָּהוֹר וְטֻמְאָתוֹ עָלָיו״, שֶׁהוּא מְחַלֵּל אֶת הַקֹּדֶשׁ.
1Even though these offerings are of a subordinate level of sanctity, if the meat comes into contact with ritual impurity it is to be burned, and anyone eating thereof is guilty of the same karet penalty as if he had eaten from sacrificial meat of a higher level of sanctity that had become ritually defiled.