In what manner were the blessings of the Kohen Gadol [recited]? The attendant of the synagogue takes a Torah scroll and gives it to the head of the synagogue, the head of the synagogue gives it to the Deputy [Kohen Gadol], and the Deputy gives it to the Kohen Gadol. The Kohen Gadol stands up and accepts [the scroll] and reads while standing.  He reads [from the passage that begins,] After the death (Leviticus 16:1) and [the passage that begins,] But on the tenth (Leviticus 23:26-32). Then he rolls up the Torah [scroll], puts it in his bosom, and says, “There is more than I have read to you written here;” and he recites by heart from the Book of Numbers, beginning, On the tenth (Numbers 29:7-11).  Then he recites over it eight benedictions: for the Torah; for the [sacrificial] service; for the thanksgiving; for the forgiveness of sin; for the Temple; for Is-rael; for the Kohanim; and for the rest of the prayer.

In what manner was the [Torah] passage of the king [read]? At the conclusion of the first Yom Tov day of the [Succos] Festi-val, in the eighth [year] at the conclusion of the seventh [year], they make a wooden bimah for him in the Temple Courtyard, and he sits upon it; as it is stated: At the end of seven years, on the occasion of etc. (Deuteronomy 31:10).  The at-tendant of the synagogue takes a Torah scroll and gives it to the head of the synagogue; the head of the synagogue gives it to the Deputy [Kohen Gadol]; the Deputy gives it to the Kohen Gadol; and the Kohen Gadol gives it to the king. The king stands up to accept [the scroll] but reads [it] seated.  King Agrippa stood up, accepted [the scroll], and read while standing, and the Sages praised him. When he reached [the verse], You may not install a foreigner [as king] over you [Deuteronomy 17:15], his eyes flowed with tears. They said to him, “Do not fear, Agrippa. You are our brother, you are our brother, you are our brother!”  He reads from the beginning [of Deuteronomy,] These are the words, until [the verse beginning,] Hear (6:4); then [the passages beginning,] Hear (6:4-9); And it will come to pass if you will hearken (11:13-21); You shall surely tithe (14:22-29); when you have finished tithing (26:12-15); the Biblical passage concerning the king (17:14-20); and the Blessings and Curses (Chs. 27-28), until he concludes that entire passage.  Those blessings that the Kohen Gadol recites, the king recites, except that he inserts [a blessing regarding] the Festivals in place of [the blessing regarding] the forgiveness of sin.