ב מַתְנִיתָא פְלִיגָא עַל רִבִּי לָעְזָר הִשָּׁמֵר לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה. וּכְתִיב שָׁם תַּעֲלֶה שָׁם תַּעֲשֶׂה. בְּגִין דִּכְתִיב הָא אִילּוּ לֹא כְתִיב עֲשֵׂה הוּא. שֶׁלֹּא תֹאמַר כְּמַה דְתֵימָר גַּבֵּי שַׁבָּת חָפַר חָרַץ נָעַץ אֵינוֹ חַיָיב אֶלָּא אַחַת. וְדִכְוָותָהּ שָׁחַט זָרַק וְהֶעֱלָה לֹא יְהֵא חַיָיב אֶלָּא אַחַת. לְפוּם כֵּן צָרַךְ מֵימַר חַיָיב עַל כָּל אַחַת וְאַחַת.
2 A <i>baraita</i> disagrees with Rebbi Eleazar. “ ‘Guard yourself’ means a prohibition. And it is written: There you should present, there you should perform.” Because that is written, otherwise I would have said it is a positive commandment. But that you should not say as you say regarding the Sabbath that if somebody dug a hole, made a ditch, and dug to put in a pole, he is guilty only of one offense, so similarly, if somebody slaughtered, sprinkled the blood, and presented he should be guilty only of one offense. Therefore, it is necessary to say that he is guilty for each action separately.