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בזמן שכהן גדול נכנס להשתחות, שלשה אוחזין בו: אחד בימינו, ואחד בשמאלו, ואחד באבנים טובות.
Mishnah: 7:1 After the priests concluded sacrificing the daily morning offering, they would enter the Sanctuary to prostrate themselves. On occasions when the High Priest would enter the Sanctuary to prostrate himself, he would enter before the other priests. When the High Priest enters the Sanctuary, 3 priests hold him to assist him and support him, in order to distinguish the service of the High Priest from that of the other priests entering the Sanctuary. One priest held his right hand and one priest held his left hand, and one priest stood behind the High Priest, holding onto the two precious onyx stones located on the shoulders of the High Priest, on the ephod.
וכיון ששמע הממונה קול רגליו של כהן גדול שהוא יוצא, הגביה לו את הפרוכת. נכנס, והשתחוה ויצא. נכנסו אחיו הכהנים, השתחוו ויצאו.
And once the appointed priest heard the sound from the feet of the High Priest, produced by the bells attached to the bottom of his robe, he knew that the High Priest was emerging from the Sanctuary, and he lifted the curtain suspended at the opening of the Entrance Hall for him, to facilitate his exit. After the High Priest entered and prostrated himself and emerged from the Sanctuary, his brothers the priests entered, prostrated themselves, and emerged from the Sanctuary.
באו ועמדו על מעלות האולם. עמדו הראשונים לדרום אחיהם הכהנים, וחמשה כלים בידם: הטני ביד אחד, והכוז ביד אחד, והמחתה ביד אחד, והבזך ביד אחד, וכף וכסויו ביד אחד.
Mishnah 7:2 After the priests emerged from the Sanctuary, they came and stood on the 12 stairs before the Entrance Hall. The first 5 priests stood to the south of their brothers, the priests, who had taken the limbs of the daily offering up to the altar. And those 5 priests had 5 vessels in their hands: The basket with the ashes from the inner altar was in the hands of one priest; and the jug with the ashes from the Candelabrum was in the hands of one priest; and the coal pan was in the hands of one priest; and the smaller vessel, the bowl that held the incense, was in the hands of one priest, who had burned the incense; and the spoon and its cover were in the hands of one priest, the friend or relative of the one who burned the incense.