What is the [proper] place for the sacrifices? The most holy offerings are slaughtered in the north. The bull and he-goat of Yom Kippur — [have] their slaughter [performed] in the north, and the reception of their blood in a sacred vessel in the north; and their blood requires sprinkling between the poles, and toward the Curtain, and on the Golden Altar. [The omission of even] one of these applications prevents [atonement]. The remainder of the blood he would pour on the western base of the outer Altar; [but] if he did not apply [it], it does not prevent [atonement].