Commentary for Zevachim 124:10

שאל רבי שמעון בן יוסי בן לקוניא את ר' יוסי אומר היה ר"ש בן יוחי אויר יש בין כבש למזבח אמר לו ואתה אי אתה אומר כן והלא כבר נאמר (דברים יב, כז) ועשית עולותיך הבשר והדם מה דם בזריקה אף בשר בזריקה

For Rami B'Ezekiel recited: The sea which Solomon made 'stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II. Chron. IV, 4.');">²³</span> [this teaches that] every turning which you take must be to the right, eastward.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the order here is first north and then west, and when a man is facing the north, he must turn right in order to go to the west.');">²⁴</span> But that is required for its own purpose<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To describe the position of the oxen.');">²⁵</span>

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