(Mishnah): The morning Ketores was offered between the blood and the limbs. The afternoon Ketores was offered between the limbs and the Nesachim.

If the Kohen Gadol was old or finicky, they warm water for him and cast it into the cold [Mikveh] water to blunt its chill.

(Gemara): It says about the Tamid "ba'Boker'', and it says about the Ketores "ba'Boker ba'Boker.'' Something about which it says ba'Boker ba'Boker should precede something about which it says only one ba'Boker.

Suggestion: If so, [the Ketores should precede] even the [Tamid's] blood!

Rejection (R. Heila): It says "Ta'aseh'' [regarding the Tamid] - the action [of the blood] comes first.

It says about the Tamid "ba'Boker'', and it says about the wood "ba'Boker ba'Boker.'' Something about which it says ba'Boker ba'Boker should precede something about which it says only one ba'Boker.

Question: What does this refer to?

If it refers to limbs [of the Tamid], they are [burned on the] wood! (We do not need a verse to teach that the wood comes first.)

Answer: Rather, [the wood has precedence] even to its blood.

Question: It says about the wood "ba'Boker ba'Boker'', and it says about the Ketores "ba'Boker ba'Boker.'' I do not know which should come first!

Answer: The wood is Machshir the Ketores, so it comes before the Ketores.

Question: Let us see (this is difficult)! Wood precedes blood, and blood precedes Ketores. Can you say so (that wood precedes the Ketores only because it is Machshir it)?!

Answer (R. Heila): No, until I know that wood is Machshir the Ketores, this Beraisa was not resolved. [I do not know that wood precedes blood. "Ba'Boker ba'Boker'' would not teach that wood precedes blood, rather, that wood precedes the Ketores!] We could have said, what is Machshir the Ketores? [It is not wood, rather,] coals (SEFER NIR);

Source (R. Elazar): [Even though the Torah mentioned coals only regarding Ketores of Yom Kipur, it is reasonable that they are used for the entire year, for] wood makes smoke.

It says about the [afternoon] Tamid "Bein ha'Arba'im'', and it says about the Ketores "Bein ha'Arba'im'' next to the Neros, and it says about the Neros "me'Erev Ad Boker.'' Something about which it says Bein ha'Arba'im next to the Neros should come after something about which it says only Bein ha'Arba'im.

Question: If so, [the Ketores] should come after Nesachim [of the afternoon Tamid]!

Answer (R. Heila): "Ta'aseh'' [written about the Tamid] teaches that [its] action comes later.

Question (R. Bun bar Chiyah, to R. Heila): Here (the morning Tamid) you say that "Ta'aseh'' teaches that the action is earlier, and here (the afternoon Tamid) you say that "Ta'aseh'' teaches that the action is later!

Answer (R. Heila): Each Drashah is based on its context. The morning Tamid should have been later [since it says ba'Boker only once], so "Ta'aseh'' teaches that it is earlier. The afternoon Tamid should have been earlier [since it is not written next to the Neros], so "Ta'aseh'' teaches that the action is later.

R. Ze'irah praised him, and called him "a builder of Torah.''