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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 29:22/אבן עזרא על שמות כ״ט:כ״ב
אולקחת. זה החלב הנזכר הוא אשר על הקרב ככתוב בפ' ויקרא:
1AND THOU SHALT TAKE OF THE RAM THE FAT. The reference is to the fat that is upon the innards, as stated in the Torah portion Va-Yikra.92
בשוק. הצד הימין, והחזה נלקחו מאיל המלואים, והשוק והחזה יהיו מהיום נתונים לאהרן ולבניו מזבחי שלמי בני ישראל, רק החזה מאיל המלואים משה לבדו יאכלנו, כי הוא כהן הכהנים:
2THE RIGHT THIGH. The thigh that is on the right side93 (thigh) is feminine. Hence our verse should have read, shok ha-yeminit, rather than shok ha-yamin (the right side). Hence I.E. points out that shok ha-yamin is short for shok tzad ha-yamin (the thigh that is on the right side). Tzad is masculine. Hence the use of the masculine form yamin. and the breast were taken from the ram of consecration. From that day on, the thigh and the breast of peace offerings were to be given to Aaron and his sons.94 However, Moses alone ate the breast of the ram of consecration because he was a high priest.95