Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 214:10

ת"ר (במחנה יכול השוחט עולה בדרום יהא חייב ת"ל אל) מחוץ למחנה

If [you thus stress] 'in the camp', you might think that [even] one who slaughters a burnt-offering in the south is culpable;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it should be slaughtered on the north side of the Temple court; supra 53b.');">¹¹</span> therefore it is stated, or that kill it without the camp: as 'without the camp' is distinguished in that it is not eligible for the slaughtering of most sacred sacrifices or for the slaughtering of any sacrifice, so 'in the camp' means in a place which is not eligible for the slaughtering of any sacrifice: hence the south [side of the Temple court] is excluded, for though it is not fit for the slaughtering of most sacred sacrifices, it is eligible for the slaughtering of less sacrifices.'

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