Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 90:11

ואיצטריך למיכתב מעל המזבח ואיצטריך למיכתב מלפני ה' דאי כתב רחמנא מעל המזבח הוה אמינא מאי מזבח מזבח פנימי כתב רחמנא מלפני ה' ואי כתב רחמנא מלפני ה' הוה אמינא דוקא מלפני ה'

Now which altar is [only] partly before the Lord, but not wholly before the Lord? You must say it is the outer altar.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the inner altar is entirely facing the inner Sanctuary.');">¹⁴</span> Now it was necessary [for Scripture] to mention both 'from off the altar' and from 'before the Lord'. For if the Divine Law had written only 'from off the altar' I might have said: That 'altar' means the inner altar, hence the Divine Law said: 'from before the Lord.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Mi-lifne' - 'from before' is taken to mean 'only part of the altar is before the Lord.'');">¹⁵</span> And if the Divine Law had written: 'From before the Lord' [alone], I might have said it must be exactly before the Lord,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., just opposite the entrance of the Sanctuary.');">¹⁶</span>

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