וַיִּשְׁחָ֗ט וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־הַדָּם֙ וַ֠יִּתֵּן עַל־קַרְנ֨וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַ סָבִיב֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וַיְחַטֵּ֖א אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְאֶת־הַדָּ֗ם יָצַק֙ אֶל־יְס֣וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁ֖הוּ לְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃
And when it was slain, Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the remaining blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
Tractate Soferim
Wayyishḥṭ12And when it was slain; it is uncertain whether this refers to Lev. 8, 15 (N.Y.) or ibid. 23 (M) both of which begin with the same word. must be enlarged,13According to M and H only the ḥeth of the word, it being also the initial of ḥaẓi (half), is to be enlarged. because it is half of the verses of the Torah.14In Ḳid. 30a (Sonc. ed., p. 144) wehithgallaḥ (Lev. 13, 33, then he shall be shaven) is given as the middle of the verses and, according to the Masorah, its gimel is to be enlarged. On the number of verses opinions differ. It is variously computed as 5,844, 5,845, 5,885 and 5,888.