[Regarding] meat of kodshei kodashim that went out [of the Courtyard] before the throwing of the blood [on the Altar], R’ Eliezer says: It is subject to me’ilah, and one is not liable on its account for piggul, nossar, or tamei. R’ Akiva says: It is not subject to me’ilah, [and] indeed one is liable on its account for piggul, nossar, or tamei. R’ Akiva said: Why, [in the case of] one who designated his chatas-offering and it was then lost, and he then designated ano- ther in its place, and afterward the first one was found, and both are now standing, is it not [so] that just as its blood exempts its meat [from me’ilah], so too, does [its blood] exempt the meat of its companion? Now, if its blood exempts the meat of its companion from me’ilah, it is logical that it should exempt its own meat [from me’ilah].