Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 116:10

דכולי עלמא מיהא בההוא קרן דפגע ברישא לא עביד מאי טעמא אמר שמואל דאמר קרא ויצא אל המזבח עד דנפיק מכוליה מזבח

What does that mean to teach? R'Nehemiah said: Since we find with the bullock and he-goat of the Day of Atonement that the priest stands on the inner side of the altar and sprinkles upon the curtain, as he sprinkles one might have assumed here the same would be the case, therefore Scripture has come to teach us: The altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tent of meeting,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. IV, 7. The words 'before the Lord' are in themselves superfluous - for obviously the altar was 'before the Lord' - but are to indicate that only the altar was 'before the Lord' but not the priest. The latter stood outside and did not interpose between the altar and the curtain either when he sprinkled the blood on the corners or against the curtains.');">¹²</span>

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