Whatever is more sacred than another precedes the other. The blood of a chatas-offering precedes the blood of an olah-offering because it effects atonement. The limbs of an olah-offering precede the sacrificial parts of a chatas-offering because they are entirely [consigned] to the [Altar’s] fires. A chatas-offering precedes an ashamoffering because its blood is applied to [the] four horns [of the Altar] and upon the base. An asham-offering precedes a todah-offering and a nazir’s ram because it is a most holy offering. The todah-offering and the nazir’s ram precede a shelamim-offering because they must be eaten in one day and they require [loaves of] bread. Shelamim-offerings precede a bechor-offering because they require a fourfold [blood] application [to the Altar], leaning, libations, and the waving of [the] breast and thigh.