Kinnim 1:1-2

Kinnim 1:1

The blood of a bird sin offering is sprinkled below the red line on the altar, while that of an animal sin offering is sprinkled above. The blood of a bird burnt offering is offered above the line, while that of an animal burnt offering is offered below. Any variation in these procedures renders the offering invalid. The ritual for offering a set of birds is as follows: when the offering is obligatory, one bird is a sin offering and one is a burnt offering. In the case of vows and freewill offerings, they are all burnt offerings. A vow is when one obligates himself to bring a burnt offering; a freewill offering is when one designates a particular animal. The difference between them is that one must replace a vowed offering if the animal dies or is stolen but one need not replace freewill offerings.

Kinnim 1:2

If a sin offering got mixed up with a burnt offering, or vice versa, even if it’s one mixed in with 10,000, they must all be left to die. If a bird for a sin offering got mixed up with obligatory offerings, only the number of sin offerings in the obligatory offerings are valid. Similarly, if a bird burnt offering got mixed up with obligatory offerings, only the number of burnt offerings in the obligatory offerings are valid. This is case regardless of whether the obligatory offerings are many and the freewill offerings are few, the freewill offerings are many and the obligatory offerings are few, or both are the same.