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was prepared without, were offered with the evening sacrifice.

4. He purified his hands and his feet, and undressed, and washed, and he
came up, and wiped himself. They brought to him white garments, and he
dressed, and sanctified his hands and his feet. He entered to bring forth
the spoon and the censer, he sanctified his hands and his feet, and
undressed, and he descended, and washed. He came up, and wiped himself.
They brought to him garments of gold, and he dressed, and sanctified his
hands and his feet. And he entered to offer the evening incense, and to
trim the lights; and he sanctified his hands and his feet, and he dressed.
They brought to him his own garments, and he dressed. And they escorted
him to his house. And he made a feast-day for his friends, when he went
out in peace from the Sanctuary.

5. The High Priest ministered in eight vestments. And the ordinary priest
in four, in the tunic, and drawers, and bonnet, and girdle. To these, the
High Priest added the breast-plate, and ephod, and robe, and (golden)
plate. In these they inquired by Urim and Thummim.(241) And they did not
inquire in them for a private person; only for the King and the great
Sanhedrin, and for whomsoever the congregation is necessary.

Chapter VIII

1. On the day of atonement, food, and drink, and washing, and anointing,
and the sandal latchet,(242) and marriage duties, are restricted. "But the
king and bride are allowed to wash their face, and the woman after
childbirth may wear sandals." The words of R. Eleazar, but the Sages
forbid them.

2. The person who eats the size of a big date and its grain, and drinks a
jawful, is liable to punishment. All edible things are united for the
measure of the date, and all drinkable things are united for the measure
of the jawful. Eating and drinking are not united.

3. He who eats and drinks unwittingly, is only liable for one
sin-offering. If he eat and work, he is liable for two sin-offerings. He
who eats what is disagreeable for food, and drinks what is disagreeable
for drinking, and he who drinks fish brine, or salt gravy, is free.

4. They do not afflict young children in the day of atonement, but they
coax them one or two years before, that they may be accustomed to the
commandments.

5. If the pregnant woman be affected by the odor, they give her food, till
her strength return. To the sick person they give food by order from the
physicians. If there be no physici