Commentary for Yoma 43:12

דביני ביני נמי לא דלא מסיימא מילתא פשיטא לי דגבי מזבח תנן

- R'Ashi said: There were two arrangements. First they [the Rabbis] opined that they would not come [at night], but when they saw that the priests did come and incurred danger, they arranged for the count. When the count had been arranged, they did not come, for they said: 'Who can tell whether the lot will fall on me' [therefore] they [the Rabbis] arranged that he who had obtained the task of clearing the ashes off the altar, should thereby also obtain the task of arranging the piles of wood and the two pieces of wood, in order that they might come and submit to the count.

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