They would carry them on poles. When those in front have emerged beyond the wall of the Courtyard, and those in the rear have not [yet] emerged, those in the front contaminate [their] garments with tumah, while those in the rear do not contaminate [their] garments with tumah until they emerge. When [both] these and those have emerged, both these and those contaminate [their] garments with tumah. Rabbi Shimon says: Neither these nor those contaminate [their] garments with tumah until the fire catches on to most of them; [and] once the meat has become charred, the one who burns [them] does not contaminate [his] garments with tumah.