elped
him up. The first (priest) reached to him the head and hind foot of the
lamb, and he laid his hand on them, and then pushed them away. The second
priest reached out to the first one the two fore-legs, and he handed them
to the High Priest, and he laid his hands upon them, and then pushed them
away; the second priest was dismissed, and he departed, and so they
reached out to him all the members of the lamb, and he laid his hands upon
them and pushed them away; but when he desired, he merely laid his hands
on them, and others pushed them away. He next came to make a circuit of
the altar. "From what place did he begin?" "From the southeastern corner,
northeastern, northwestern, southwestern." They gave to him the wine for
libation. The Sagan stood by the corner of the altar with the banners in
his hand, and two priests stood by the table of the fat with two silver
trumpets in their hands: They sounded a blast, they blew an alarm, and
again they sounded the trumpets. They came and took their position beside
the son of Arza.(560) One stood on his right hand and one stood on his
left. The High Priest bowed down to make the libation, and the Sagan waved
the banners, and the son of Arza clanged the cymbals, and the Levites
intoned the chant. When they came to a full stop, the trumpets sounded,
and the people bowed themselves. At every full stop there was a blast, and
at every blast there was bowing down. This is the order of the daily
offering for the service of the House of our God. May it be His will to
build it speedily in our days. Amen.

4. The chant which the Levites intoned in the sanctuary on the first day
of the week was, "The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; the
world, and they that dwell therein."(561) On the second day they said,
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in
the mountain of his holiness."(562) On the third day they said, "God
standeth in the congregation of the mighty: He judgeth among the
gods."(563) On the fourth day they said, "O Lord God, to whom vengeance
belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself."(564) On the
fifth day they said, "Sing aloud unto God our strength, make a joyful
noise unto the God of Jacob."(565) On the sixth day they said, "The Lord
reigneth, he is clothed with majesty,"(566) etc. On the Sabbath they said
the chant composed for the Sabbath day, the chant composed for the future,
for the day to come, when all will b