Blood Atones Even When the Flesh Is Gone

Another interpretation: "the blood upon the altar" - even though the flesh is no longer present [the blood still atones]. How then do I uphold the verse "And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood" (Deuteronomy 12:27)? It compares flesh to blood: just as the blood is offered by dashing, so too the flesh is brought by throwing. One might think he throws it [and leaves it as it lands]; Scripture teaches, saying "and the priest shall arrange" - how so? He throws it and then arranges it upon the altar all around. This applies when the altar is whole all around, and not when a horn of the altar has been removed. Thus, if a horn of the altar was removed and one performed the service upon it, that service is invalid.