The appointed one said to [the Kohanim]: “Recite a single blessing,” and they recited the blessing. They recited the Ten Statements, “Hear [O Israel],” “And it will come to pass if you will hearken,” and “And [Hashem] said.” They recited three blessings: “Emes Veyatziv,” and the service, and the blessings of the Kohanim. And on the Sabbath, they would add a single blessing for the outgoing mishmar.

[The appointed one] said to them: “Those who are new to the incense [service], come and draw lots!” They cast lots; whoever won the privilege [of offering the incense] won [it].  ”Those who are new [to the service] and those who are old [to it], come and draw lots, who brings the limbs up from the ramp to the Altar!” R’ Eliezer ben Yaakov says: The one who brings the limbs up onto the ramp is the one who brings them up onto the Altar.

[The Kohanim] handed over [the garments] to the attendants. They would remove the [priestly] garments of [the Kohanim] from them; they would leave only the breeches on them. And there were alcoves there, and above [these alcoves] was written the name of the garments [placed there].

Whoever won the privilege of the incense [service] would take the ladle.  The ladle is similar to a large tarkav [vessel] [made] of gold, [which] holds three kavs. And the spoon was inside of it, filled and heaped over with incense. [The spoon] had a cover, and a kind of ring was upon [the cover], from above [the spoon and its cover].

Whoever won the privilege of the shovel [service] took the silver shovel and ascended to the top of the [Outer] Altar, [and] he cleared away the coals to this side and to that side and scooped out [from the inner coals]. He descended, and poured [these coals] into [the shovel] of gold. About a kav of coals would become scattered from it, and he would sweep them into the stream. And on the Sabbath he would invert the copper pot over them.  The copper pot was a large vessel [which] holds a lesech, and two chains [were connected] to [the copper pot]: One [chain] that [a Kohen] would pull on and [the pot] would descend, and one [chain] [a Kohen] would hold onto from above so that [the pot] would not roll. It served three purposes: [They] inverted it over the coals and over a [dead] sheretz on the Sabbath, and they lowered the ash from the top of the Altar in it.

They reached [the area] between the Antechamber and the Altar; one [Kohen] took the “shovel” and threw it between the Antechamber and the Altar.  A person could not hear the voice of his fellow in Jerusalem due to the sound of the “shovel.” And [the sound] served three purposes: A Kohen who heard its sound would know that his brethren, the Kohanim, would be entering [the Heichal] to prostrate themselves, and he would run and come. And a Levi who heard its sound would know that his brethren, the Leviim, would be entering [the Courtyard] to chant the song, and he would run and come. And the head of the maamad would post the tamei [Kohanim] at the eastern gateway [to the Temple Mount].