Commentary for Zevachim 113:1
ועולה גופה מנלן דכתיב (ויקרא ד, ז) אל יסוד מזבח העולה למד על עולת חובה שטעונה יסוד
And how do we know it of a burnt-offering itself? - Because it is written, At the base of the altar of the burnt-offering:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. IV, 7.');"><sup>1</sup></span> this proves that the statutory burnt-offering requires [sprinkling at] the base.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For in fact the altar was not used for the burnt-offering exclusively, the very sentence quoted treating of a sin-offering. Hence the verse must mean, at the base of the altar, as is done with a burnt-offering.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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