Tosefta Menaḥot

6. Torah regards intention as stronger than action in cases of sacrifice and action as stronger than intention in cases of sacrifice. How is intention stronger than action in cases of sacrifice? One who slaughters a sacrifice [with the intention] to sprinkle its blood or a little of its blood outside, or to burn the entrails or an olive’s bulk of its entrails outside, or to eat its meat or an olive’s bulk of its meat outside, the sacrifice is invalid though there is no punishment of excision. And if he actually did it, the sacrifice is not pasul [invalid].

[If he slaughtered it with the intention] to sprinkle the blood or some of the blood the next day, to burn the entrails or an olive’s bulk of its entrails the next day, or to eat its meat or an olive’s bulk of its meat the next day, the sacrifice is pigul [disqualified], and he is liable for the punishment of excision. And if he actually did it, the sacrifice is not pigul. [ . . . ]

8. In cases of sacrifice, how is action stronger than intention? One who slaughters a sacrifice on the condition that uncircumcised [priests] and impure [priests] toss its blood, on condition that uncircumcised and impure priests offer up its sacrificial parts, on condition that uncircumcised priests eat its flesh, it is valid. But if he actually did it, it is invalid.

[If he slaughtered it with the intention] to apply on the area above blood that should be applied on the area below, or vice versa, or to apply outside that which should be applied inside or vice versa, it is valid. But if he actually did it, the sacrifice is invalid.

Translated by Christine Hayes.