Jewish%20thought for Zevachim 123:9
אלא מעתה כיור לרבי וסובב לרבי יוסי ברבי יהודה הכי נמי דמעכב דכתי' (שמות כז, ה) ונתתה אותה תחת כרכוב המזבח מלמטה ותניא איזהו כרכוב רבי אומר זה כיור רבי יוסי ברבי יהודה אומר זה הסובב
How do we know it? - Said R'Huna, Scripture saith, 'The altar', and wherever 'the altar' is said it is indispensable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The def. art. implies that only when it is exactly as specified (in the place where the def. art. is used) is it an altar. The horns: the horns of the altar (Lev. IV, 18) ; the base: the base of the altar (ibid. 30) ; squareness: the altar shall be four square (Ex. XXVII, 1) ; the ascent: in front of the alta');"><sup>14</sup></span> If so, are the laver, according to Rabbi, and the terrace, according to R'Jose son of R'Judah, also indispensable, because it is written, And thou shalt put it under the karkob [ledge] round the altar beneath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXVII, 5.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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