Liturgy for Yoma 3:3

אֵין אָדָם נִכְנָס לָעֲזָרָה לָעֲבוֹדָה, אֲפִלּוּ טָהוֹר, עַד שֶׁיִּטְבֹּל. חָמֵשׁ טְבִילוֹת וַעֲשָׂרָה קִדּוּשִׁין טוֹבֵל כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל וּמְקַדֵּשׁ בּוֹ בַיּוֹם, וְכֻלָּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ עַל בֵּית הַפַּרְוָה, חוּץ מִזּוֹ בִלְבָד:

One may not enter the azarah for service [(not necessarily service)], even if he is clean, without immersing, [this following a fortiori, viz.: Now if the high-priest, who changes from holiness to holiness — from an outer service to an inner service and from an inner service to an outer service (requires immersion) — one who comes from his house, from non-holiness to holiness, how much more so should he require immersion!] Five immersions and ten lavings are performed by the high-priest on that day (Yom Kippur). And all (of the immersions) are in holiness (i.e., in the mikveh of) [the lishkah of] Beth Parvah, except for this one, [the first (entering the azarah), which was in chol (non-holiness), at the Water Gate, near his lishkah].

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