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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 30:7/אבן עזרא על שמות ל׳:ז׳

אוהקטיר, קטרת סמים. עם בשמים, אולי הסמים הם העיקר, או להפריש בין שתי המרקחות, כי האחד בשמים בלי סמים:

1AND AARON SHALL BURN THEREON INCENSE OF SWEET SPICES. Along with other spices (besamim).¹⁸ (incense of sweet spices).” I.E. explains that the incense consisted of sammim (sweet spices) plus besamim (spices). I.E.’s comment is based on Ex. 25:6, which reads, spices (besammim) for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense (ketoret sammim). See I.E. on the latter. It is possible that the sammim (sweet spices) were the most important ingredient.¹⁹ is not mentioned in its name and the incense is called ketoret sammim. It is also possible that Scripture mentions sammim²⁰). (spices) in order to distinguish between the compounds,²¹ as one of the compounds²² consisted only of besamim (spices). It did not contain sammim (sweet spices).²³) consisted of sweet spices plus spices. Hence only the former is mentioned in its name.

בופי' בהיטיבו. לתקן הפתילה והשמן:

2[WHEN HE DRESSETH.] When he fixes the wick and the oil.