Reference for Bekhorot 8:4

שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֶׁלֹּא בִכְּרוּ וְיָלְדוּ שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים, נוֹתֵן עֶשֶׂר סְלָעִים לַכֹּהֵן. מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, אִם לְכֹהֵן אֶחָד נָתַן, יַחֲזִיר לוֹ חָמֵשׁ סְלָעִים. אִם לִשְׁנֵי כֹהֲנִים נָתַן, אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהוֹצִיא מִיָּדָם. זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה אוֹ שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים וּנְקֵבָה, נוֹתֵן חָמֵשׁ סְלָעִים לַכֹּהֵן. שְׁתֵּי נְקֵבוֹת וְזָכָר אוֹ שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים וּשְׁתֵּי נְקֵבוֹת, אֵין כָּאן לַכֹּהֵן כְּלוּם. אַחַת בִּכְּרָה וְאַחַת שֶׁלֹּא בִכְּרָה וְיָלְדוּ שְׁנֵי זְכָרִים. נוֹתֵן חָמֵשׁ סְלָעִים לַכֹּהֵן. מֵת אֶחָד מֵהֶן בְּתוֹךְ שְׁלשִׁים יוֹם, הָאָב פָּטוּר. מֵת הָאָב וְהַבָּנִים קַיָּמִין, רַבִּי מֵאיר אוֹמֵר, אִם נָתְנוּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא חָלְקוּ, נָתָנוּ. וְאִם לָאו, פְּטוּרִין. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, נִתְחַיְּבוּ נְכָסִים. זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, אֵין כָּאן לַכֹּהֵן כְּלוּם:

[If] two wives [of one man] who have not given birth then give birth to two boys - he gives ten <i>selaim</i> to the priest. If one of the children dies within thirty days - if [all ten] were given to one priest, he returns five to him. If they were given to two priests, he cannot extract [the money] from [either of] them. If they gave birth to a boy and a girl or two boys and a girl - he gives five <i>selaim</i> to the priest. Two girls and a boy or two boys and two girls, the priest receives nothing. If one woman had given birth and the other had not, and they give birth to two boys - he gives five <i>selaim</i> to the priest. If one of them dies within thirty days, the father is exempt. If the father dies and the children are still alive, Rabbi Meir says: if they gave [the five <i>selaim</i>] before the estate was divided - it is given, if not - they are exempt. Rabbi Yehuda says: the estate became liable. If they gave birth to a boy and a girl the priest receives nothing.

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