Chukas 19:03 · unit 6 — do not slaughter another with it

Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וּנְתַתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔הּ אֶל־אֶלְעָזָ֖ר הַכֹּהֵ֑ן וְהוֹצִ֤יא אֹתָהּ֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְשָׁחַ֥ט אֹתָ֖הּ לְפָנָֽיו׃

And you shall give it to Elazar the Kohen, and he shall take it outside the camp and slaughter it before him.

Torah Temimah: Yoma 43b — Why does it say “osah”? So that he should not slaughter another with it.

Core Text

מַה תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אוֹתָהּ – שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁחַט אַחֶרֶת עִמָּהּ.

English: Why does the verse say “osah”? So that he should not slaughter another with it.

Exclusion from the singular “osah.”

Only the designated para may be slaughtered at that moment; no other animal may be slaughtered together with it.