Related%20passage for Pesachim 5:6

שָׁחַט יִשְׂרָאֵל וְקִבֵּל הַכֹּהֵן, נוֹתְנוֹ לַחֲבֵרוֹ וַחֲבֵרוֹ לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וּמְקַבֵּל אֶת הַמָּלֵא וּמַחֲזִיר אֶת הָרֵיקָן. כֹּהֵן הַקָּרוֹב אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ זוֹרְקוֹ זְרִיקָה אַחַת כְּנֶגֶד הַיְסוֹד:

If an Israelite slaughtered (the Pesach) [If he wishes to, he may, the shechitah of a non-priest being kasher with all offerings] and the priest received it, he gives it to his neighbor, [for they were standing in a row], and his neighbor to his neighbor ["The multitude of the people is the glory of the King"]. And he receives the full one [from the giver first] and [then] returns the empty one. [But not in reverse order; but as soon as he extends it (the full one) to him, he must receive it, for "mitzvoth are not to be passed over."] The Cohein nearest the altar gives it one fling [with the vessel itself, not sprinkling it with his finger (the only offering requiring this being the sin-offering, in respect to which it is written: "with his finger")] facing the base [i.e., on the sides of the altar above the base. He flings it to the perpendicular of the altar and it descends to the base. "facing the base" is stated in light of the fact that the base does not surround the entire altar, but only the north and the west, and "consuming" a cubit south and east, as explained in Middoth.]

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