Reference for Megillah 42:12

ראשון שקרא ד' משובח דתנן בשלש קופות של שלש סאין שבהן תורמין את הלשכה והיה כתוב עליהן אב"ג לידע איזו מהן נתרמה ראשון להקריב ממנה ראשון שמצוה בראשון

“If the first reads four verses he is praiseworthy”, as we have learned “There were three baskets holding three se’ahs each, in which the priests take up the money-offerings out of the [shekel] chamber, and on them were written Aleph, Beth, Gimel, so as to show which was taken out first, so that sacrifices could be brought from that one first, since it is a mitzvah to offer from the first.

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