Mesorat%20hashas for Chagigah 52:2

כל הכלים שהיו במקדש יש להם שניים ושלישים שאם נטמאו הראשונים יביאו שניים תחתיהן כל הכלים שהיו במקדש טעונין טבילה חוץ ממזבח הזהב ומזבח הנחשת מפני שהן כקרקע דברי ר"א וחכ"א מפני שהן מצופין:

All of the vessels which were in the Temple, there are secondary and tertiary [vessels], so that if the first ones become impure, they will bring the secondary [vessels] in their place. All of the vessels which were in the Temple require immersion, except for the golden altar and the copper altar, because they are [considered] as land-- the words of Rabbi Eliezer. And the Sages say: "[They do not require immersion] because they are coated."

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