Related for Shekalim 4:2

פָּרָה וְשָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ וְלָשׁוֹן שֶׁל זְהוֹרִית, בָּאִין מִתְּרוּמַת הַלִשְׁכָּה. כֶּבֶשׁ פָּרָה, וְכֶבֶשׁ שָׂעִיר הַמִּשְׁתַּלֵּחַ וְלָשׁוֹן שֶׁבֵּין קַרְנָיו, וְאַמַּת הַמַּיִם, וְחוֹמַת הָעִיר וּמִגְדְּלוֹתֶיהָ, וְכָל צָרְכֵי הָעִיר, בָּאִין מִשְּׁיָרֵי הַלִּשְׁכָּה. אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר, כֶּבֶשׁ פָּרָה כֹּהֲנִים גְּדוֹלִים עוֹשִׂין אוֹתוֹ מִשֶּׁל עַצְמָן:

The red heifer and the goat that is sent [to Azazel] and the tongue of crimson come from the terumah of the lishkah. [Even though the red heifer is not slaughtered in the azarah, it comes from the terumah of the lishkah, Scripture calling it a "sin-offering." And the goat that is sent to Azazal (also comes from the terumah of the lishkah), for two goats must be taken and it is not known on which of them will fall "the lot to the L rd." The "tongue of crimson" here is the one thrown into the pyre of the red heifer. The same is true for the cedar-wood and the hyssop, but the tongue of crimson alone is adduced to distinguish it from the tongue of crimson of the sent-away goat.] The following come from what is left over in the lishkah: the bridge of the red heifer [They would make two bridges, one on top of the other, because of the (uncleanliness of) "the grave of the depth," from the Temple Mount to the Mount of Olives, over which they would conduct the red heifer], the bridge of the sent-away goat [They would make a kind of bridge leading outside of the city, over which the "sender" would take out the goat. This, because of the Babylonians, who would tear his hair, saying: "Take it and go (fast), and do not keep our sins here!"], the tongue between its horns [to ascertain if it whitened and the sins of Israel had been forgiven. Since the above are not prerequisites for offerings, they do not come from the terumah which had been separated for offerings, but from what remained in the lishkah after the terumoth had been separated], the water-duct, [which passed through the azarah, if it required repair], the city wall, its towers, and all the needs of the city [the digging of wells, pits, and caves, road repair, the setting up of markets, and the guarding of the city.] Abba Shaul says: The high-priests make the bridge of the red heifer from their own (resources). [The halachah is not in accordance with Abba Shaul.]

Tosefta Shekalim (Lieberman)

The women wove the curtains, the Garmu family made the shewbread, and the Abtinas family made the incense They got their reward from the lifting of the combs, the pots, the shovels, the mezammerot and the swiveling bowls and the implements the priests used come from the remains of the chamber. The golden altar and the garments for the priests and the garments for the high priest and cedarwood and 'hyssop and the crimson one Cloth come out of the heave of the chamber. The bridge for the cow ־ Abba Shaul says: The chief priests must buy them out of their own wealth. If the first man built it but did not use it when he died, his successor, although he had not yet used it, does not use it, but tears it down and builds another in its place. And more than sixty kikkar gold used to be spent on them, The ram offered because of some prohibition and the billy goats because of idolatry are required of them. [These are the] words of R. Yehuda. R. Shimon says They will be sacrificed by the appropriation of the chamber.

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