Commentary for Yoma 141:12

אדרבה מה שורף דהשתא אף משלח דהשתא

i.e., just as the letting go takes place before, so does the burning.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture here uses the same participial form in referring to him that letteth go and to him that burneth. That implies a certain analogy. In both passages follows the statement: And the fat of the sin-offering shall he make smoke on the altar. (Ibid. v. 25.) Now the sending away of the he-goat for Azazel preceded that, as v. 21 reads: And he shall send him away by the hand of an appointed man into the wilderness. Of necessity 'He that letteth go' refers to previous passages, as to say: With reference to the letting go of which you were commanded before, i.e., before the smoking of the sacrificial portions of the sin-offering (he that letteth go defiles the garments) . The above-mentioned analogy justifies the inference that 'he that burneth' similarly refers to the burning done before.');">¹⁵</span> - On the contrary! [Say:] Just as the burning takes place now,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., after the smoking of his sacrificial portions.');">¹⁶</span>

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