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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 31:10/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״א:י׳
אואת בגדי השרד. בגדי הנסיעה שיכסו בהם הארון והשלחן והמזבח והמנורה וככה מפורש ומן התכלת והארגמן ותולעת השני (למטה לט א) כל אחד לבדו ככתוב בפרשת במדבר סיני עשו בגדי שרד ואח"כ כתוב ויעשו את בגדי הקדש (שם שם) ואחר כן פירש אותם, והנה מלת שרד מגזרת פליט ושריד (ירמי' מד יד):
1AND THE PLAITED GARMENTS. The bigde ha-serad (the plaited garments) were garments used to cover the ark, the table, the altar, [and] the menorah when journeying.30 are not to be identified with the holy garments. See Rashi, “I say, according to the plain meaning of the text it is impossible to maintain that Scripture speaks of the priestly garments.” Scripture goes on to explain, And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made plaited garments (bigde serad) (Ex. 39:1). Each is listed separately31 as the Torah portion Ba-Midbar Sinai (Num. 4:6-14) states. Scripture then states, [And of the blue, and purple, and the scarlet] they made plaited garments…and [they] made the holy garments [for Aaron] (Ex. 39:1). It then goes on to list them.32 are not to be identified with Aaron’s garments. Observe! The word serad is related to the word sarid (remain) in escape or remain (Jer. 44:14).33 means one who remains alone. Hence bigde serad means garments made of one type of material. Meijler explains that the word “remains” indicates a lower quality. He explains that the bigde ha-serad were called the remaining garments because they were inferior to the priestly garments.