came to the ark, he put the censer between its two
staves, he heaped the incense on the live coals, and the whole house was
entirely filled with smoke. He went out, and returned by the way of his
entrance, and he offered a short prayer in the outer house, and he did not
prolong his prayer, lest he should excite terror(219) in Israel.

2. When the ark was removed, a stone was there from the days of the first
prophets, and it was called "FOUNDATION."(220) It was three digits high
above the earth, and upon it he put the censer.

3. He took the blood from the mixer.(221) With it he entered to the place
where he entered, and stood in the place where he stood. He sprinkled of
it once on high, and seven times below, and he did not purpose to sprinkle
neither on high nor below, but unintentionally,(222) and so he counted,
"one, one and one, one and two, one and three, one and four, one and five,
one and six, one and seven." He went out and placed it on the golden
pedestal, which was in the Sanctuary.

4. They brought to him the goat, he slaughtered it and caught his blood in
a bowl. He entered to the place where he entered, and stood in the place
where he stood, and sprinkled of it once on high and seven times below,
and he did not purpose to sprinkle neither on high nor below, but
unintentionally;(223) and so he counted, "one, one and one, one and two,"
etc. He went out, and placed it on the second pedestal, which was in the
Sanctuary. R. Judah said "there was but one pedestal only." He took the
blood of the bullock and laid down the blood of the goat, and sprinkled of
it on the vail opposite the ark, on the outside, once on high, seven times
below, and he did not purpose, etc., and so he counted. He took the blood
of the goat and laid down the blood of the bullock, and sprinkled of it on
the vail opposite the ark, on the outside, once on high and seven times
below, etc. He poured the blood of the bullock into the blood of the goat,
and infused the full into the empty.

5. And he went out to the altar which is before the LORD. This was the
golden altar. He began cleansing it, and went down. "From what place did
he begin?" "From the Northeastern corner, the Northwestern, Southwestern,
and Southeastern, the place where he began with the sin-offering of the
outer altar, at the same place he finished upon the inner altar." R.
Eliezer said, "he stood in his place and cleansed, and in general he
operated from below upward, excepti