Commentary for Sanhedrin 67:18

אלא אמר רב פפא כדתניא ר' יוסי הגלילי אומר מתוך שנאמר

for it is written: The burnt offering, it is that which goeth up upon its fire-wood, upon the altar:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 2. ');">³²</span> Just as the burnt offering which is 'fit' for the altar-fire, once it ascended, may not descend,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Derived from&nbsp;… upon the altar all night unto the morning. (ibid). ');">³³</span> so everything which is 'fit' for the altar-fire, once it ascends, may not descend. R. Gamaliel said: Anything 'fit' for the altar,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., not only fit for the fires of the altar, but used in any service of the altar. Hence, in his opinion, the law applied to blood and libations too, since these were respectively sprinkled and poured upon the altar. ');">³⁴</span> once it has ascended, may not descend, for it is written: The burnt offering, it is that which goeth up upon its fire-wood upon the altar: Just as the burnt offering which is 'fit' for the altar, once it has ascended, may not descend, so everything else which is 'fit' for the altar, once it has ascended, may not descend. What do both include?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Among the things which may not be taken back when once laid upon the altar. ');">³⁵</span> — Invalidated objects.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained in note 2. ');">³⁶</span> One Master [sc. R. Joshua] deduces the law from the word 'fire-wood', and the other from 'altar'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Now, at this stage it is assumed that since both deduce the same general principle from two different verses, there is no real disagreement between them. Thus this affords an illustration of 'one law drawn from two different verses. ');">³⁷</span> But there, they do actually differ! For the second clause [of that Mishnah] states: R. Gamaliel and R. Joshua differ only with reference to the Sacrificial blood and libations: according to R. Gamaliel. these may not descend; whereas in R. Joshua's view, they do descend.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e.. they lose their sanctity. For the explanation of this, v. p. 215. n. 3. Hence, this is not a true example of one law devised from two texts. (Note: A single word is also referred to as a 'verse' or 'text'.) ');">³⁸</span> But, said R. Papa, it [the required example] is illustrated in the following Baraitha: R. Jose the Galilean said: From the verse,

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