תלמוד על זבחים 8:10

As we have stated there⁷⁸MishnahZevaḥim 8:10.: “[Blood] to be given in one batch etc. Rebbi Eliezer said to him, would you not transgress do not diminish? Rebbi Joshua answered him, would you not transgress do not add?⁷⁹Deut. 4:2,13:1.” He said to him, it is better to violate a prohibition that was not caused by me than a prohibition which will come before me.]

There, we have stated¹⁷⁰Mishnah Zevaḥim 8:10. Blood of all animal sacrifices has to be spilled at the walls of the altar. Blood of most holy sacrifices must be given to all 4 corners of the altar; that of simple sacrifices is given in one batch. If blood of different categories is mixed, one can satisfy only one requirement. R. Joshua is consistent in prescribing the minimal action.: “[Blood] to be given in one batch which was mixed with [blood] to be given in one batch should be given in one batch. That to be given in four batches with that to be given in four batches should be given in four batches. That to be given in four batches with that to be given in one batch, Rebbi Eliezer says, it should be given in four batches. Rebbi Joshua says, it should be given in one batch. Rebbi Eliezer said to him, would you not transgress do not diminish? Rebbi Joshua answered him, would you not transgress do not add?” He said to him, it is better to violate a prohibition that was not caused by me than a prohibition which will come before me.