From Jericho they would hear the sound of the Great Gate being opened. From Jericho they would hear the sound of the “shovel.” From Jericho they would hear the sound of the wood that Ben Katin fashioned [into] a wheel for the Laver. From Jericho they would hear the sound of Gevini the Crier. From Jericho they would hear the sound of the flute. From Jericho they would hear the sound of the cymbals. From Jericho they would hear the sound of the [Leviim’s] song. From Jericho they would hear the sound of the shofar. And some say: Also the sound of the Kohen Gadol when he mentions the Name [of God] on Yom Kippur. From Jericho they would smell the fragrance of the compounded incense. R’ Eliezer ben Diglai said: There were goats in my father’s household on the mountain of Michvar, and they would sneeze because of the fragrance of the compounded incense.

[The Kohen] who won the privilege of clearing the ashes of the Inner Altar entered and took the basket, and he placed it in front of himself, and he would scoop up [the ashes] and place [them] into [the basket]. And at the end he swept the rest inside it, and he left [the basket] and went out. [The Kohen] who won the privilege of clearing the ashes from the Menorah entered [the Heichal] and [if] he found the two eastern lamps burning, he would clear the ashes from the rest [of the lamps] and [would] leave those [two] burning in their place. [If] he found that [the two eastern lamps] were extinguished, he would clear their ashes and relight them from those that were still burning, and afterward he would clear the ash from the rest. And there was a stone in front of the Menorah, in which were three steps, upon which the Kohen would stand and prepare the lamps, and he would place the jug on the second step, and exit.