Mesorat%20hashas for Zevachim 12:3

עוֹרוֹת קָדָשִׁים קַלִּים לַבְּעָלִים, וְעוֹרוֹת קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים לַכֹּהֲנִים. קַל וָחֹמֶר, מָה אִם עוֹלָה, שֶׁלֹּא זָכוּ בִבְשָׂרָהּ, זָכוּ בְעוֹרָהּ, קָדְשֵׁי קָדָשִׁים, שֶׁזָּכוּ בִבְשָׂרָהּ, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיִּזְכּוּ בְעוֹרָהּ. אֵין מִזְבֵּחַ יוֹכִיחַ, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ עוֹר מִכָּל מָקוֹם:

The hides of <i>Kodashim Kalim</i> [sacrifices of a lesser degree of sanctity. They may be slaughtered anywhere in the Temple courtyard and consumed by most anyone, anywhere in Jerusalem] [are given] to its owners, but the hides of <i>Kodshai Kodashim</i> [sacrifices of the highest degree of sanctity. They may be slaughtered only on the north-west corner of the altar, and consumed only within the Temple compound by male priests, or burnt entirely] [are given] to the priests. [This can be shown through] a <i>Kal Vachomer</i> [<i>a fortiori</i> reasoning]: If [priests], who do not have rights to meat from an <i>Olah</i>, do have rights to its hide, is it not logical that they should have rights to the hides of [other] sacrifices of <i>Kodshai Kodashim</i> [considering] that they do have rights to their meat? [And] the altar cannot prove [otherwise] because it never [receives] any hide.

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