Flaying the Burnt Offering and Whose Offerings Count

"Which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting" (Leviticus 1:5) - and not at the time it is dismantled, nor at the time the wind has rolled up the curtain. Rabbi Yose the Galilean says: what does Scripture teach by saying "which is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting"? Since it is said, "And you shall set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar" (Exodus 40:7), one might think the laver stood between the Tent of Meeting and the altar. Scripture teaches, saying "the altar" - the altar is at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the laver is not at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. And where did the laver stand? Between the porch and the altar, drawn toward the south. "And he shall flay" and "cut into pieces" (Leviticus 1:6) - one might think he flays limb by limb and cuts as he goes. Scripture teaches, saying "the burnt offering" - he flays the whole of it and only afterward cuts it into pieces. One might think that only a freewill burnt offering requires flaying; from where do we learn an obligatory burnt offering? It follows by reasoning: a freewill burnt offering is mentioned here and an obligatory burnt offering is mentioned here; just as a freewill burnt offering requires flaying, so too an obligatory burnt offering requires flaying. I have learned only the herd offering; from where the flock offering? It follows by reasoning: a burnt offering from the herd is mentioned here and a burnt offering from the flock is mentioned here; just as the herd offering requires flaying, so too the flock offering requires flaying. I have only the offering of men; from where the offering of women? I have only that of Israel; from where that of converts and of slaves? And as you go on extending the law, from where the offering of gentiles? Scripture teaches, saying "the burnt offering" - every burnt offering requires flaying. And what did you see to bring all of them into flaying and cutting, yet to exclude them from laying-on of hands? After Scripture has both extended and limited, why do I bring them into flaying and cutting? Because flaying and cutting are valid when done by any person. And I do not bring them into laying-on of hands, because laying-on of hands is done only by the owners. Rabbi Hiyya said: go out and see what Scripture limited above - the offered animals or the ones who offer? You must say: the ones who offer. So too I will exclude them from laying-on of hands, because I exclude the ones who offer, and I will not exclude them from flaying and cutting, because that is only the handling of the burnt offering itself. I have only one slaughtered for its own sake; from where one slaughtered not for its own sake? Scripture teaches, saying "the burnt offering" - every burnt offering requires flaying and cutting. "And he shall cut it into its pieces" (Leviticus 1:6) - one might think he cuts its pieces into further pieces; Scripture teaches, saying "it into its pieces" - and not its pieces into pieces. One might think even an invalid offering requires flaying and cutting; Scripture teaches, saying "it" - a valid one and not an invalid one. And an invalid offering that has already gone up onto the altar is offered as it is.