Mishnayos Zevachim Perek 10 Mishnah 3
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זבחים פרק י׳ משנה ג׳
The firstborn offering precedes the animal tithe offering because it is sanctified from the womb, i.e., unlike the animal tithe offering it does not require consecration, and it is eaten by the priests, whereas everyone may partake of the animal tithe offering. The animal tithe offering precedes bird offerings due to the fact that it requires slaughtering, whereas the bird’s nape is pinched; and there are two elements of the animal tithe offering that have the status of offerings of the most sacred order: Its blood that is presented on the altar and its portions that are burned on the altar, whereas with regard to bird offerings only the blood is presented on the altar.
הַבְּכוֹר קוֹדֵם לַמַּעֲשֵׂר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁקְּדֻשָּׁתוֹ מֵרֶחֶם, וְנֶאֱכָל לַכֹּהֲנִים. הַמַּעֲשֵׂר קוֹדֵם לָעוֹפוֹת, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא זֶבַח וְיֶשׁ בּוֹ קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, דָּמוֹ וְאֵמוּרָיו:
Bartenura
ונאכל לכהנים. והמעשר אין לכהנים חלק בו אלא כולו נאכל לבעלים:
מפני שהוא מין זבח. זביחת סכין. ועוף במליקה. וזבחים חשיבי:
ויש בו קדשי קדשים. ואע״ג דקרבן עוף כולו קדשי קדשים, או חטאת או עולה, זבחים יש להן לחלק גבוה שני דברים, דמו ואמוריו, משא״כ לחטאת העוף שאין למזבח אלא דמה, וכיון דקדמה לחטאת העוף כל שכן לעולת העוף, דהא חטאת העוף קודמת לעולת העוף כדמפרש ואזיל:
ונאכל לכהנים – but the tithe [of cattle], the Kohanim have no part in, but all of it is consumed by its owners.
מפני שהוא מין זבח – slaughtering by a knife. But birds are through pinching a bird’s head, But slaughtering are [more] important.
ויש בו קדשי קדשים – and even though the sacrifice of a bird is all Holy of Holies, or a sin-offering or a burnt offering, sacrifices [of the tithe of cattle] have to divide for the Most High (i.e., God) two things, its blood and those portions of the sacrifice offered on the altar, which is not the case for the sin-offering of a bird, for the altar only has its blood, and since it (i.e., the tithing of cattle) comes before the sin-offering of birds, all the more so to the burnt offering of a bird, for the sin-offering of a bird precedes that of a burnt-offering of a bird, as will be explained further on (i.e., in the next Mishnah).