English: It was taught, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai says: From where that the afternoon tamid requires two logs of wood by two kohanim? As it is stated, “And they shall arrange wood.”
In the sugya: Plural verb and plural wood yield a dual arrangement for the afternoon tamid: two logs, two kohanim. The morning arrangement is treated elsewhere; this unit locks the bein ha-arbayim case to the plural language here.
Type of Learning
Ribbuy from the plural “they shall arrange wood” — two logs by two kohanim for the afternoon tamid.
What Is Learned
The afternoon daily offering’s wood arrangement is done with two logs by two kohanim. The plural “they shall arrange wood” is the source of that dual structure.