כָּל הָעֲבוֹדוֹת הָאֵלּוּ שֶׁעוֹשִׂין בְּכָל יוֹם בְּפַיִס הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין אוֹתָן. וְכֵיצַד הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין. כָּל כֹּהֲנֵי בָּתֵּי אָבוֹת שֶׁל יוֹם נִכְנָסִין לְלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית אַחַר שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשַּׁחַר וּמְלֻבָּשִׁין הֵן בְּבִגְדֵי כְּהֻנָּה. וְהַמְמֻנֶּה שֶׁעַל הַפְּיָסוֹת עִמָּהֶן וְהֵן עוֹמְדִין בְּהַקָּפָה וְהַמְמֻנֶּה נוֹטֵל מִצְנֶפֶת מֵעַל רֹאשׁוֹ שֶׁל אֶחָד מֵהֶן וּמַחֲזִירָהּ וְהוּא הָאִישׁ שֶׁמַּתְחִילִין לִמְנוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ וּמְפִיסִין כְּמוֹ שֶׁיִּתְבָּאֵר:
All of these services that were performed [in the Temple] every day were performed on the basis of a lottery. How would they conduct themselves? All of the priests of the clan of that day enter the Chamber of Hewn Stone after dawn, while garbed in the priestly garments. The [priest] appointed [to supervise] the lotteries [stands] with them and they stand in a semicircle. The supervisor takes a hat from one of the priests and returns it to him. This is the person from whom they will begin to count and thus determine the lottery, as will be explained.
