The tamid is offered up with nine (priests) [The reckoning is from the time of the bringing of the limbs on], (sometimes) with nine, with ten, with eleven, with twelve — never less (than nine), never more (than twelve). How so? It itself [every day], with nine: [six for the limbs and the entrails, as mentioned above (2:3), one for the flour, one for the chavitin, one for the wine]; on the festival (Succoth) [when two libations were required, one of wine and one of water], in the hand of one (priest), a flask of water — making ten; the afternoon (tamid), with eleven: it itself, with nine; and two (priests) with two logs in their hands [to add to the wood of the wood pile, viz. (Leviticus 1:7): "And they shall arrange wood upon the fire." If this does not refer to the morning tamid, of which it is already written (Ibid. 6:5): "And the priest shall kindle wood on it every morning," understand it as referring to the afternoon tamid, two logs being added.]; on the Sabbath, with twelve: it itself, with nine; two with two censers of frankincense accompanying the showbread; and, on the Sabbath in the midst of the festival (Succoth), in the hand of one, a flask of water.
Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma
תמיד קרב – from the time the limbs are brought and onward, it is considered.
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Introduction
This mishnah teaches how many priests were necessary to offer the two tamid offerings, the one offered in the morning and the one in the evening.
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עצמו – on every day, nine [priests]; six for the limbs and the innards, as we stated above (Mishnah 3) and one for the fine flour, and one for the baked cakes and one for the wine.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Yoma
The tamid was offered up by nine, ten, eleven or twelve [priests], neither by more, nor by less. How so? This section introduces the rest of the mishnah, using a format which will be easily remembered. It is very typical for mishnayot to open with such formulas.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Yoma
ובחג – [and on the holiday] which requires two libations, one of wine and one of water and in the hand of one Kohen is a flask (i.e., a bottle with a wide belly and a narrow neck) .
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[The offering] itself by nine; In mishnah three we learned that it took nine priests to carry the various parts of the tamid offering up the ramp and then afterwards from the ramp to the altar. This referred to the morning tamid offering. As we shall see below in section four, the evening tamid required two more priests.
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ושל בין הערבים – for on each day, two [things] are in their hands, two pieces of wood, to add to the wood of the arrangement of wood on the altar in the Temple, as it is written (Leviticus 1:7): “[The sons of Aaron the priest shall]…lay out wood upon the fire,” for if it was not the matter of the morning daily-offering, of which it is was already stated (Leviticus 6:5): “every morning the priest shall feed wood to it,” give it for the matter of the daily offering of the mid-afternoon where they add two pieces of wood.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Yoma
At the festival [of Sukkot] in the hand of one a flask of water, behold there were ten. On Sukkot at the morning tamid they would also offer a water libation. We shall learn more about this water libation when we study Tractate Sukkah.
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In the evening by eleven: [The offering] itself by nine and in the hands of two men were two logs of wood. The evening tamid, offered at dusk, required eleven priests. Nine to carry the offering itself and two to carry about two logs of wood to add to the altar’s fires. They also added wood in the morning, but in the morning the wood was added by the priest who cleaned out the old ashes (see above mishayot 1-2). This was done before the tamid was offered.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Yoma
On Shabbat by eleven: [The offering] itself by nine, in the hands of two men two handfuls of incense for the showbread. On Shabbat the morning tamid also required eleven priests. Nine to offer the sacrifice itself and two to carry the incense which was offered every Shabbat in honor of the outgoing showbread (see Leviticus 24:6-7).
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And on Shabbat which fell during the festival of Sukkot one man carried in his hand a flask of water. On Shabbat morning during Sukkot they needed the eleven as is the case in a normal Shabbat and one more to carry the flask of water.
