ered in by
it, therefore it shall be shut."(543) He took the key and opened the
wicket; he entered the chamber, and he went from the chamber into the
sanctuary, until he came to the great gate. When he came to the great
gate, he took down the bar and the bolts and opened it. The slaughterer
did not slaughter till he heard the noise of the opening of the great
gate.

8. From Jericho(544) people heard the opening of the great gate. From
Jericho they heard the noise of the shovel.(545) From Jericho they heard
the noise of the wooden wheel which the son of Kattin made for the laver.
From Jericho they heard the voice of Gabini the herald. From Jericho they
heard the sound of the cornet. From Jericho they heard the sound of the
cymbal. From Jericho they heard the voice of the song. From Jericho they
heard the clang of the horn, and some say even the voice of the High
Priest at the time when he mentioned the Name on the Day of Atonement.
From Jericho they smelled the odor of the preparation of incense. Said R.
Eleazar, the son of Daglai, "the family of Aba had goats on the mountains
of Mikvor,(546) and they used to sneeze from the odor of the preparation
of the incense."

9. The priest who gained the lot for removing the ashes from the inner
altar entered, and took the flagon and laid it before him, and he took
handfuls of ashes and filled them into the flagon, and at last he brushed
the remainder into it. And he left it and went out (of the holy place). He
who gained the lot for removing the snuff from the candlestick, entered
and found the two eastern lights burning. He snuffed the rest, and left
these burning in their place. If he found them extinguished, he snuffed
them, and lighted them again from those still burning, and afterward he
snuffed the rest. And there was a stone before the candlestick, and in it
were three steps, on which the priest stood and trimmed the lights. And he
placed the cup with the snuff on the second step, and went out.

Chapter IV

1. The priests did not tie the four feet of the lamb together, but they
bound its fore and hind feet. He who gained the lot for carrying the
members, held it; and thus was it bound, its head southward, and its face
westward. The slaughterer stood in the east with his face westward. The
morning sacrifice was slaughtered at the northwestern corner on the second
ring. The evening sacrifice was slaughtered at the northeastern corner on
the second ring. The slaught