Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 94:5

דתניא (ויקרא יד, ד) ולקח יכול בכלי ת"ל ונתן מה נתינה בעצמו של כהן אף לקיחה בעצמו של כהן

You might think, with a vessel; but Scripture adds, and the priest shall put it [etc.]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid.');">⁷</span> as the putting must be by the very priest himself, so the taking must be by the very priest himself. You might think that it is likewise for the altar:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the blood which is sprinkled on the altar too is not received in a vessel.');">⁸</span>

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