Commentary for Menachot 32:13

א"ל אביי הרי שחיטת אחד מן הכבשים דעבודה שאינה מתירתה ופליגי

But we have been taught: Forty-seven! - This is no difficulty; one [Baraitha] accepts the view that for the sprinklings upon the horns of the altar they mix together [the blood of the bullock and the blood of the he-goat], whereas the other accepts the view that they do not mix them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But the blood of the bullock and of the he-goat must each separately be sprinkled upon the four corners of the altar; hence an addition of four to the total number of sprinklings. V. Yoma 57b.');">¹⁰</span>

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