Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 28:15
והיכן קיימתה אמר רב אשי קסבר האי תנא כוליה מזבח בצפון קאי
If [Scripture only had] 'before the altar', it is possible [to think that this means] on the south side, therefore the text declares, 'Before the Lord'. So what was the procedure? He sets it on the south-west corner opposite the point of the altar's horn, and that suffices. R. Eleazar says: It is possible [to think that the meaning is] he sets it on the west of the horn or the south of the horn; but you can answer: Wherever you find two texts, one self-confirmatory and confirming the words of the other, whereas the second is self-confirmatory but annuls the words of the other, we abandon the latter and accept the former. Thus when you emphasize 'before the Lord' on the west [side of the altar],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. note 6. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
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