, and
the finger of the liver, and the two kidneys with it. He took the left
hind leg, and gave it to him who gained it for his lot. It follows that
all the priests stood in one row with the members in their hands. The
first priest with the head and hind foot, the head in his right hand with
the nose toward his arm, and the horns between his fingers, and the place
of slaughter upward, and the caul placed on it; and the right hind foot in
his left hand with the skin outside. The second priest stood with the two
fore legs, the right in his right hand, and the left in his left hand, and
the skin outside. The third priest stood with the tail and the hind foot;
the tail in his right hand, and the fat wrapped between his fingers, and
the finger of the liver and the two kidneys with it; the left foot was in
his left hand with the skin outward. The fourth priest stood with the
breast and the throat. The breast was in his right hand, and the throat in
his left, and its side bones between his fingers. The fifth priest stood
with the two sides, the right side in his right hand, and the left side in
his left hand, and the skinny side outward. The sixth priest stood with
the intestines placed in a pan, and the legs over them. The seventh priest
stood with the fine flour. The eighth priest stood with the pancakes. The
ninth priest stood with the wine. They then proceeded and deposited the
members on the lower half of the ascent westward, and they salted them,
and descended, and came to the chamber of the hewn stone to read the
"Hear,"(548) etc.

Chapter V

1. The Captain of the Watch said, "give one blessing," and the priests
blessed and read the ten commandments, "Hear,"(549) etc. "And it shall
come to pass if ye shall hearken,"(550) etc. And "He spake,"(551) etc.
They then gave the three blessings to the people, "Truth and Sureness,"
and "the Service," and "the Blessing of the Priests." And on the Sabbath
they added one blessing for the outgoing Temple-guard.

2. He said to them, "novices(552) to the incense, come and cast lots."
They cast lots. He gained who gained. He said to them, "novices with old
men come and cast lots, who shall bring up the members of the lamb from
the ascent to the altar." R. Eliezer, the son of Jacob, said, "those
priests who brought the members to the ascent must also bring them to the
top of the altar."

3. He handed the priests over to the sextons. They divested them of their
dresses, leaving