Jewish%20thought for Yoma 73:17

מונבז המלך עשה כל ידות הכלים וכו' נעבדינהו לדידהו דזהב

a lot each 'for the Lord' and 'for Azazel', therefore Scripture says: 'One lot for the Lord', i.e., there is but one lot 'for the Lord' and but one 'for Azazel' - Why then does Scripture say: [he shall cast] 'lots'? [That means to say] that they must be alike: he must not make one of gold and the other of silver, one large, the other small; 'lots' [means they may be made] of any material. But that is self-evident? - No, it is necessary [to state that], as it was taught: Since find that the [high priest's] front-plate had the name of the Lord inscribed thereon and was made of gold, I might have assumed that this too must be made of gold, hence it says [twice] 'lot'.' lot', to include [permission to make it of] olive-wood, nut-wood or box-wood.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Since the repetition of 'lot' intimates that they can be made of any material, the word 'lots' must likewise mean of any material, Tosef. s.v. kufh');">³⁰</span> BEN KATIN MADE TWELVE SPIGOTS FOR THE LAVER: A Tanna taught: In order that his twelve brethren, the priests, who were occupied with the continual offering, may be able to sanctify their hands and feet simultaneously.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 25b.');">³¹</span> A Tanna taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [What follows gives the reason why formerly there had been, as stated in the Mishnah, two spigots; v. D.S. a.l.]');">³²</span> In the morning, when the laver was full, he sanctified his hands and feet from the upper spigot; in the evening, when [the water] was low, he sanctified his hands and feet from the lower spigot. HE ALSO MADE A MACHINE FOR THE LAVER: What machine was that? - Abaye said: A wheel which let it go down [to the pit]. KING MONOBAZ MADE ALL THE HANDLES FOR THE VESSELS etc. : He should have made [the vessels] them[selves] of gold?

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