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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 12:25/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ב:כ״ה
אוהיה. עתה פירש כי שחיטת הפסח תלויה בארץ, ואל יקשה עליך פסח הר סיני, כי מצוה עליונה היתה, ולא עשו פסח אחר במדבר כי בהר סיני היו עם הישוב וימצאו מצות, ובהיותם בארץ אשר לא עבר בה איש, אין להם רק המן לבדו:
1AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS. Moses now explains that the slaughter of the paschal lamb is contingent upon dwelling in the Land of Israel. Do not be troubled by the Passover observed by Israelites at Mount Sinai.401 That was a commandment from on high.402 They did not observe another Passover in the desert. At Mount Sinai they were in an inhabited land and were thus able to find unleavened bread. However, when they were in a land that no man passed through403. Hence the only Passover they could have celebrated was the one at Sinai. they only had manna.