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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 12:50/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ב:נ׳
אטעם ויעשו כל בני ישראל, וכבר הזכיר זה למעלה אולי זה על הפסח שעשו במדבר סיני שמלו הגרים, ואל תתמה בעבור שהוא כתוב במקום הזה, כי בפרשת רדת המן כתיב שיקח צנצנת ויתן שם מן ויניחה לפני העדות, ועוד לא צוה השם לעשות ארון העדות, וכמוהו הוצאתי את צבאותיכם (למעלה פ' יז):
1[THUS DID ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.] Scripture has already mentioned this above.519 Perhaps the reason it is noted again is that it refers to the Passover offering brought in the wilderness of Sinai,520 at which time the strangers were circumcised.521 does not repeat what is stated in verse 28, but refers to the circumcision of the strangers (gerim). It was a convenient place to circumcise those strangers who were not circumcised in Egypt. Do not be surprised that this is written in this place.522 Scripture states in the chapter dealing with the coming down of the manna that they should take a jar and put manna therein and place it before the Lord (Ex. 16:33). However, God had not yet commanded the making of the ark of the testimony.523 Have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt (v. 17) is similar.524