Rinsing in Any Water and Burning Upon the Altar's Top

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 444:8

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"He shall wash" (Leviticus 1:9). One might think that just as the washing stated elsewhere requires forty se'ah, so too the washing stated here requires forty se'ah; therefore Scripture says "in water" — any amount whatever. "In water" and not in wine; "in water" and not in diluted wine; "in water" — to render fit any kind of water. And it follows all the more so for the water of the laver. "And he shall burn" — even though it has been disqualified, even though it has gone out [of its bounds], even though it is piggul [offered with improper intent], even though it is leftover, even though it is impure. One might think this applies even when they are below; therefore Scripture says "toward the altar" (Leviticus 1:9) — I have said it when they are atop the altar, and not when they are below.

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