Reference for Zevachim 104:8

ת"ל אותה אותה שניתן דמים למעלה ולא שניתן דמה למטה

so also the blood which is prescribed above does not atone if it is sprinkled below. No: if you say [thus] in the case of the blood which should be sprinkled below, that is because it will not eventually [be applied] above;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence when he sprinkles it above he is definitely performing it incorrectly.');">¹¹</span>

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