[If] one opens his barrel or begins using his dough for festival needs, R' Yehudah says: He may finish [selling after the festival]. The Sages say: He may not finish.  Once the festival was over, they would remove [everything] to facilitate the cleansing of the Temple Courtyard. If the day after the festival was Friday, they would not remove [the vessels], in deference to the honor of the Sabbath.  R' Yehudah says: Not even [if the day after the festival was] Thursday, because the Kohanim were not free.

How did they go about removing [everything] for the cleansing of the Temple Courtyard? They immersed the vessels that were in the Temple, after they had said to them: `'Be careful not to touch the Table [and the Menorah] [lest you] contaminate it.”  All the vessels that were [used] in the Tem-ple had second and third [replacement] sets so that if the first ones became contaminated, they would bring the second ones to replace them.  All the vessels that were [used] in the Temple require immersion except for the Golden Altar and the Copper Altar, because they are like earth —- these are the words of R' Eliezer. The Sages say: Because they are plated.