Related%20passage for Eruvin 10:1

הַמּוֹצֵא תְפִלִּין, מַכְנִיסָן זוּג זוּג. רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, שְׁנַיִם שְׁנָיִם. בַּמֶּה דְבָרִים אֲמוּרִים, בִּישָׁנוֹת, אֲבָל בַּחֲדָשׁוֹת, פָּטוּר. מְצָאָן צְבָתִים אוֹ כְרִיכוֹת, מַחְשִׁיךְ עֲלֵיהֶן וּמְבִיאָן. וּבַסַּכָּנָה, מְכַסָּן וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ:

If one finds tefillin [in the field, in a place where they are not guarded (against defilement)], he brings them in, pair by pair, [one (phylactery) on his head and one on his arm, as he wears them during the week, this being a "pair." And he keeps on returning and bringing in pairs until he has brought them all in. He holds that the mitzvah of tefillin obtains on Shabbath, but that the sages decreed against it (wearing tefillin on Shabbath) lest the strap tear and he carry them (in a forbidden domain) in his hand. And if he wears more than one pair, he transgresses the prohibition of adding to the mitzvoth, so that they become like a (forbidden) burden.] R. Gamliel says: Two (pairs) by two. [R. Gamliel holds that the mitzvah of tefillin does not obtain on Shabbath, and that the rabbis permitted "rescuing" them, for they are regarded as ornaments. Therefore, two pairs at a time may be brought in, two pairs being ornamental. For we learned that there is room on the head for two phylacteries, and so long as it is ornamental it is permitted. And there is no transgression of the prohibition of adding to the mitzvoth here, for there is no mitzvah of tefillin at all (on Shabbath), but (they are regarded as) habiliments in general. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Gamliel.] When is this so? With old ones, [where the knot is recognizable as a tefillin knot, in which instance they are (known to be) holy objects, which may not be left in a place of (possible) defilement.], but with new ones, he is exempt. [He does not desecrate the Sabbath for their sake to bring them in, for they might only be an amulet. They possess holiness only when they are made according to the halachah for the sake of the mitzvah (of tefillin). If he found (many) coupled sets or [many (individual phylacteries)] together, he waits over them [guarding them] until it gets dark, when he brings [all of them] in [together. This, when they are so many that if he brought them in pair by pair he would not be able to bring all of them in by nightfall. (For if they could be brought in pair by pair by nightfall, that is what he does, as stated above)]. And in time of danger [i.e., when the ruling powers decreed against wearing tefillin], he covers them and goes on. [Our Mishnah is defective. This is what was taught: "When is this so? In a time of danger of shmad (religious persecution). But if he is afraid to stay there because of robbers, he carries them less than four cubits at a time."]

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