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The first sprinkling was done with the inside of the Kohain Gadol's hand facing upward. When sprinkling the blood, his finger had to be at the right of the upper edge of the Kapores (cover of the Aron). The blood did not touch the Kapores, but rather it fell onto the ground.

"And toward the face of the Kapores he shall sprinkle seven times" (Vayikra 16:14)
For the remaining seven sprinklings, the inside of the Kohain Gadol's hand faced dowm. The term "seven times" rather than seven sprinklings implies that they were to be counted. The Gemara states that the first sprinkling was also counted independently of the last seven. Thus, when he first sprinkled, he counted "one". For the second sprinkling, he counted "one and one", for the third "one and two" and so on.

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