Which Blood May Be Dashed Upon the Altar

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 441:2

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"And the sons of Aaron shall present the blood, and the sons of Aaron shall dash the blood" (Leviticus 1:5). What does Scripture teach by saying "the blood" a second time? From where do you derive that if it spilled from the vessel onto the floor and one gathered it up, it is fit? Scripture teaches, saying "blood." One might think that even if it spilled from the neck of the animal directly onto the floor and one gathered it up, it would be fit. Scripture teaches, saying "the blood" [with the definite article] - the blood that was received in a vessel. He shall dash it upon the altar, and no one else dashes upon the altar.

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