“For it is a chatas” — it is called chatas and no other minchah is called chatas; this teaches concerning the tenth-ephah of the Kohen Gadol.
In the midrash: The unique label “chatas” applied to this flour offering excludes other menachos from the oil-free rules of this verse. In particular, the Kohen Gadol’s daily tenth-ephah is not governed by these restrictions.
Type of Learning
Miyut of the unique chatas-label — only this minchah is called chatas.
What Is Learned
The Kohen Gadol’s daily minchah follows ordinary minchah rules, not the oil-free chatas rules of this verse. Because only the sinner’s flour is labeled “chatas,” the daily offering of the High Priest takes oil and frankincense in the normal way, and its surplus is treated under ordinary minchah law.