Related%20passage for Yoma 5:5

וְיָצָא אֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְיָ, זֶה מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב. הִתְחִיל מְחַטֵּא וְיוֹרֵד. מֵהֵיכָן הוּא מַתְחִיל, מִקֶּרֶן מִזְרָחִית צְפוֹנִית, צְפוֹנִית מַעֲרָבִית, מַעֲרָבִית דְּרוֹמִית, דְּרוֹמִית מִזְרָחִית. מְקוֹם שֶׁהוּא מַתְחִיל בַּחַטָּאת עַל מִזְבֵּחַ הַחִיצוֹן, מִשָּׁם הָיָה גוֹמֵר עַל מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, בִּמְקוֹמוֹ הָיָה עוֹמֵד וּמְחַטֵּא. וְעַל כֻּלָּן הָיָה נוֹתֵן מִלְּמַטָּה לְמַעְלָה, חוּץ מִזּוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה לְפָנָיו, שֶׁעָלֶיהָ הָיָה נוֹתֵן מִלְמַעְלָה לְמָטָּה:

(Leviticus 16:18): "And he shall go out to the altar which is before the L rd." This is the golden altar. He began, cleansing and descending. [This tanna holds that the priest walked to each corner (projection) so that every placing was on the corner before him and near him. This is the intent of "cleansing and descending." That is, he would apply the blood from top to bottom. For if he applied it from bottom to top on the corner before him, the blood would drip into his sleeve and soil his clothing.] From where does he begin? From the northeast corner. (Then he continued) northwest, southwest, southeast. The place that he began with the sin-offering on the outer altar, there he finished (the blood applications) on the inner altar. R. Eliezer says: He stayed in his place and cleansed, applying (the blood) on all of them from bottom to top, except for the one immediately in front of him, where he applied it from top to bottom. [R. Eliezer holds that the priest stands in one corner, whence he makes the applications on all of the corners. (For the entire altar was only one cubit square.) Since the three (other) corners were not right next to him, he could apply it from bottom to top without soiling his clothing — as opposed to the corner directly in front of which he was standing. He could not curve his fingertips downwards and apply it from bottom to top; for if he did so, the blood would drip into his sleeve. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Eliezer.]

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