pesachim 57

unbalancing the powerful

and severing the priestly hands.

tales of corrupt priests who would take things by force, and exploit their high position. the people called for some of these priests to resign, and a king severed the hands of a high priest who got too haughty.

eruvin 105

it is not surprising considering the amount of blood that gets sloshed about that there were all sorts of bugs and creeping insects in the temple.

but who is holy enough to remove them? the hierarchy of purity to have the task of removing impurity.