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הַפֶּסַח נִשְׁחָט בְּשָׁלֹשׁ כִּתּוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, (שמות יב) קָהָל וְעֵדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל. נִכְנְסָה כַת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, נִתְמַלֵּאת הָעֲזָרָה, נָעֲלוּ דַלְתוֹת הָעֲזָרָה. תָּקְעוּ, הֵרִיעוּ וְתָקָעוּ. הַכֹּהֲנִים עוֹמְדִים שׁוּרוֹת שׁוּרוֹת, וּבִידֵיהֶם בָּזִיכֵי כֶסֶף וּבָזִיכֵי זָהָב. שׁוּרָה שֶׁכֻּלָּהּ כֶּסֶף כֶּסֶף, וְשׁוּרָה שֶׁכֻּלָּהּ זָהָב זָהָב. לֹא הָיוּ מְעֹרָבִין. וְלֹא הָיוּ לַבָּזִיכִין שׁוּלַיִם, שֶׁמָּא יַנִּיחוּם וְיִקְרַשׁ הַדָּם:

The Pesach is slaughtered in three groups [Whether the congregation be large, or it be small and they can slaughter it at one time, it is a mitzvah to divide them into three groups, one (slaughtering) after the other], it being written (Exodus 12:6): "And the entire assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slaughter it" — "assembly," "congregation," and "Israel" [three groups]. When the first group entered and the azarah (the Temple court) was filled, the doors of the azarah were closed. They (the Cohanim) sounded the tekiah, and the teruah, and the tekiah (on the shofroth.) The Cohanim stood row upon row, and in their hands were large vessels [for receiving the blood], (vessels) of silver and of gold — one row, all of silver; the other, all of gold [to add beauty to the occasion]; they were not intermixed. And the vessels had no bases [They were broad on top and came to a point on the bottom, so that they could not be rested on the ground], lest [the Cohanim] place them there [until they received additional blood (there being many offerings) and forget them] and the blood congeal [and not be fit for sprinkling.]

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