Commentary for Avodah Zarah 102:16

למאי אילימא דאפי' פנים כחוץ דמי ושרי השתא פעורי מפערין קמיה מים ומלח לא מקרבין ליה אלא אפי' חוץ כבפנים דמי ואסור:

R. Yose b. Hanina said: We have a tradition that that this rule regarding partitions does not apply to the idol Peor or to a Mercurius. For what purpose [does he mention this]? If I say that objects which are even within [the partitions] are like those outside and are permitted, since people defecate in front of it would they not also bring water and salt as an offering to it! Rather it must mean that even what is outside is like what is within the partitions and is prohibited.

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