Every day there were four pyres, but today [there were] five; these are the words of R' Meir. R' Yose says: Every day [there were] three; but today —- four. R' Yehudah says: Every day —- two; but today —- three.

They brought him the ladle and the shovel, and he scooped up his cupped handfuls and placed it into the ladle; a big [Kohen Gadol] according to his size and a small [Kohen Gadol] according to his size —- and this was [the incense's required] measure.  He took the shovel in his right hand and the ladle in his left. He would walk through the Temple until he reached the space between the two curtains which separated the Holy from the Holy of Holies, and between them [was] a cubit. R' Yose says: There was only one curtain, as it says: And the curtain shall divide for you between the Holy and the Holy of Holies.  The outer [curtain] was pinned up from the south[ern side], and the inner one from the north[ern side]. He walked between them, until he reached the north[ern side]. [When] he reached the north[ern side] he turned his face southward, walking to his left along- side the curtain until he reached the Ark. Reaching the Ark, he would put the shovel between the two poles. He heaped the incense on the burning coals, and the whole chamber filled with smoke.  He left, walking [backward] in the manner of his entry, and he prayed a short prayer in the outer chamber, but he did not prolong his prayer so as not to frighten the Jews.