Related for Berakhot 92:11
וגדול יתיב וידיו מזוהמות עד שנוטלין כולן א"ל לא מסלקי תכא מקמיה עד דנמטי מיא לגביה
"Then the chief guest sits with his hands stained until they all wash!" He replied, "They do not remove the tray from before him until they set water before him."
Tosefta Berakhot
What is the order of [the beds in the room used for] reclining [during eating]? At the time when there are [only] two beds, the [most] senior [person]4 reclines on top of the first [bed] and the second one to him [in seniority reclines] below him (i.e. his head is at the first person’s feet). And at the time when there are three beds, the [most] senior [person] reclines on top of the middle [bed], the second one to him [in seniority reclines] above him, [and] the third one to him [in seniority] reclines below him. [If there are more than three people, then] they get ordered in this way (i.e. in groups of three) and on.
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