Reference for Yoma 45:11

מעשה שהיו שניהן שוין ורצין ועולין בכבש ת"ר מעשה בשני כהנים שהיו שניהן שוין ורצין ועולין בכבש קדם אחד מהן לתוך ארבע אמות של חבירו נטל סכין ותקע לו בלבו

Now that I hear that it was taught: Not that alone, but the officer would strike him with the 'pekia" I understand that 'pekia" means lash.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abaye does not absolutely exclude two compatible meanings of the word.');">¹³</span> IT ONCE HAPPENED THAT TWO WERE EVEN AS THEY RAN TO MOUNT THE RAMP. Our Rabbis taught: It once happened that two priests were equal as they ran to mount the ramp and when one of them came first within four cubits of the altar, the other took a knife and thrust it into his heart.

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