erer slaughtered, and the receiver caught (the
blood). The priest came to the northeastern corner of the altar, and he
sprinkled the blood northeast. He came to the southwest, and sprinkled the
blood southwest:(547) the remainder of the blood he poured out on the
southern altar-base.

2. The priest did not break its leg, but he made a hole in the midst of
its side, and by that it was hung up. He skinned it downward till he came
to the breast. When he came to the breast, he cut off the head, and gave
it to him who had gained (its lot). He cut off the two hind feet, and gave
them to him who had gained them for his lot. He finished the skinning; he
tore out the heart, that the blood should come out. He cut off the two
fore feet, and gave them to him who had gained them for his lot. He came
to the right leg; he cut it off, and gave it to him who had gained it for
his lot. He cleft the body, and it became all open before him. He took out
the caul, and put it on the place of slaughter, with the head on the top
of it. He took out the intestines and gave them to him who had gained them
for his lot to cleanse them. And the belly they cleansed in the house of
the washers, as much as was needful. And the intestines were cleansed
three times at least, upon the marble tables between the pillars.

3. The priest took the knife and separated the lungs from the liver, and
the finger of the liver from the liver, but he did not remove it from its
place. He made a hole in the breast, and gave it to him who gained it for
his lot. He came to the right side, and he cut it downward to the
backbone, but he did not touch the backbone, till he came to the two
tender ribs. He cut it off and gave it to him who gained it for his lot,
with the liver hanging upon it. He came to the neck, and left the two side
bones on both sides. He cut it off and gave it to him who had gained it
for his lot, with the windpipe and the heart and the lungs hanging upon
it. He came to the left side, and left on it the two tender ribs, above
and below, and so he left it on the corresponding side. It follows that he
left on the two sides, two and two ribs above, and two and two ribs below.
He cut it off, and gave it to him who gained it for his lot, the backbone
with it, and the spleen hanging upon it. And it was large, but the right
side is called large, as the liver hangs upon it. He came to the tail; he
cut it off and gave it to him who gained it for his lot, and the fat