Commentary for Zevachim 116:6

הניטל בחוץ לינתן בפנים גחלים דכל יומא ויומא דגמרן מגחלים של יום הכפורים

Now, what does he hold?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he states that this second pile is arranged four cubits from the horn northwards.');">⁷</span> If he holds [that] the whole altar is in the south, he would have to carry it twenty-seven [cubits from the horn]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The width of the door was ten cubits, five of which were in the north and five in the south, while the altar was thirty-two square. Now, deducting the five cubits which the door passed into the north, the nearest point to the door would thus be twenty-seven cubits from the opposite horn.');">⁸</span>

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