Commentary for Yoma 122:10

בעא מיניה רבא מרב נחמן כמה שעירים משלח א"ל וכי עדרו משלח אמר לו

The first who receives it in the vessel proceeds to the altar, whereas the othe who receives it in his hand goes to the leper. We have learnt there: All of them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All the bullocks and he-goats mentioned in our Mishnah, in connection with blood poured away before the completion of the individual atonement or the whole service in question, and for which substitutes are obligatory, must be burnt outside the three camps (that of the priests, the Levites, and of Israel) and they render the garments of those occupied with burning impure. Lev. XVI, 27-28.');">¹⁵</span> render the garments levitically impure and are to be burnt in the place where the ashes are deposited. This is the opinion of R'Eleazar and R'Simeon, The Sages say: They do not render the garments ritually unclean and they are not to be burnt in the place where the ashes are deposited, except the last one because with that he completed the atonement. - Raba asked the following question of R'Nahman: How many he-goats is he to send away?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Where, for instance, the blood of the he-goat was poured away after the sprinklings in the Holy of Holies in which case he has to bring anew two goats and cast lots afresh.]');">¹⁶</span> - He answered: Should he perhaps send his flock away?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously only one he-goat-to-be-sent-away is dealt with in Lev. XVI.');">¹⁷</span> - He said to him:

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