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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 1:11/אבן עזרא על ויקרא א׳:י״א
אעל ירך המזבח. מחוץ וכן ירכתי צפון כי רבים טעו ואמרו שמגדל ציון היה בתוך ירושלים:
1ON THE SIDE OF THE ALTAR. On the outside.81 which literally means side of, at times can mean beyond the side. Similarly [Even mount Zion ], the uttermost part (yarkete) of the north82. (Ps. 48:3). For many err and say that the tower of Zion83 was in the midst of Jerusalem.84 means on the outside, next to.