“And he sinned unwittingly” — there is no me’ilah in property consecrated by a non-Jew; derived by gezeirah shavah chatta-chatta from terumah.
In the sugya: A gezeirah shavah linking “chatta” here to “chatta” in the laws of terumah excludes property consecrated by a non-Jew from the me’ilah system. Only hekdesh of Israelites generates this liability.
Type of Learning
Gezeirah shavah chatta-chatta to terumah — no me’ilah in non-Jew’s consecration.
What Is Learned
Only sacred property of Israelites enters the me’ilah system. Property that a non-Jew has consecrated does not generate me’ilah liability, because the Torah’s language of “sin” is linked by gezeirah shavah to the parallel language in the laws of terumah, which likewise excludes non-Jews.