Commentary for Zevachim 53:9

תנן חישב ליתן את הניתנין למטה למעלה למעלה למטה עד מידי דהוה אמחשבת הינוח ואליבא דרבי יהודה כו'

yet there is no difficulty:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Caused by the text quoted by Samuel.');">¹²</span> in one case he applied it in silence; in the other he applied it with an expressed intention.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The text adduced by Samuel, which intimates that the owners are forgiven, holds good where the priest sprinkled the blood in the wrong place, with no unlawful intention attending the sprinkling. While the Mishnah which states UNFIT, implying that the owners are not forgiven either, holds good where in addition to sprinkling it in the wrong place he intended consuming the flesh after time; and the Mishnah thus teaches that in such a case the sacrifice is unfit, but not piggul, since the sprinkling which was not in its proper place did not permit the consumption of the flesh.');">¹³</span>

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