Mesorat%20hashas for Yoma 5:6

הִזָּה עַל טָהֳרוֹ שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים, וּשְׁיָרֵי הַדָּם הָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ עַל יְסוֹד מַעֲרָבִי שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן, וְשֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן הָיָה שׁוֹפֵךְ עַל יְסוֹד דְּרוֹמִי. אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ מִתְעָרְבִין בָּאַמָּה וְיוֹצְאִין לְנַחַל קִדְרוֹן, וְנִמְכָּרִין לַגַּנָּנִין לְזֶבֶל, וּמוֹעֲלִין בָּהֶן:

He sprinkled on the "pureness" of the altar seven times. [After he finishes all the applications on the corners, he sprinkles upon it seven times, as it is written (Leviticus 16:19): "And he shall sprinkle upon it of the blood with his finger seven times." ("the pureness of the altar":) its exposed place. He moves the ashes and the coals aside and sprinkles on the gold of the altar.] And what was left over of the blood, he spilled on the western foundation of the outer altar. And that of the outer altar [i.e., what was left of the blood of the outer sin-offerings], he spilled on the southern foundation. Both of them [the outer and the inner bloods which were spilled on the altar of the burnt-offering, fell from the foundation to the floor and] intermixed in the amah [a duct in the azarah] and emptied into the stream of Kidron. It is sold to garden owners as fertilizer and it is subject to me'ilah (abuse of consecrated matter). [It is forbidden to benefit from it without payment (to the Temple)].

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