Reference for Menachot 176:3
חצי לוג מה היה משמש: יתיב רבי וקא קשיא ליה חצי לוג למה נמשח אי סוטה וכי חולין הוא דצריכי לקדושי (במדבר ה, יז) מים קדושים כתיב אי תודה לחמי תודה בשחיטת תודה הוא דקדשי
By it one measured the oil for the griddle-cakes of the High Priest, a quarter-log of oil for each cake.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the six cakes that were offered in the morning one log and a half of oil was used, that is, a quarter-log for each cake. Similarly for the six cakes offered in the evening.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Rabbi then applied to him the verse, The man of my counsel from a far country.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XLVI, 11. R. Hiyya had come from Babylon to Palestine.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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