Aaron Enters the Tent to Retrieve the Yom Kippur Censer and Pan

"And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting." Even though this verse is written before [the offering of] his additional burnt-offering, and the daily burnt-offering is later, after his burnt-offering [and the burnt-offering of the people] — and why does he come into the tent of meeting, seeing that he has already completed the service of the day? Rather, it is in order to bring out the pan and the fire-pan. And the whole passage is stated in order, except for this verse. [And were you to say that this verse is stated in its proper order, you would not find more than three immersions.] And six sanctifications [of the hands and feet] are required for each and every immersion. The daily offering of the morning is in golden garments, and the service of the day is in white garments, as it is written, "He shall put on the holy linen tunic" (Leviticus 16:4), and it is written, "He shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on" (Leviticus 16:4). And he performs the service of the day, and the bringing in of the blood of the bull and the goat, and the bringing in of the pan and the fire-pan, as it is written, "And Aaron shall present the bull of the sin-offering which is for himself," and it is written after it, "And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin-offering which is for the people," and it is written, "And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting" — that is, the bringing out of the pan and the fire-pan; for after he has performed all these services, he is in white garments, and he would not perform an immersion unless he changes from one service to another, for he removes the golden garments and puts on the white garments. "And he shall leave them there." This teaches that they require being stored away (genizah), and they are not fit for the coming Day of Atonement.