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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 10:4/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י׳:ד׳
אשאו את אחיכם מאת פני הקדש. יש אומרים כי הקטורת היתה לפני מזבח העולה והלוים נכנסים שם ויש אומרים שהיתה על מזבח הקטורת ומשה הוציאם מאהל מועד:
1CARRY YOUR BRETHREN FROM BEFORE THE SANCTUARY. Some say9 on this verse. that the incense was before the altar of the burnt offering10 and the Levites entered there.11 Others say12 on this verse. that the incense was on the altar of incense13 and Moses took them out of the tent of meeting.14 and Vat. Ebr. 38. Krinsky reads u-misham (and from there) in place of u-moshah (and Moses). According to this reading the Levites removed the bodies of Nadab and Abihu from the tabernacle. See Rabbi Akiba in the Sifra, “They cast a spear of iron [from the courtyard, and speared them.] They [then] dragged them and took them outside.”
בפני הקדש. היא החצר כנגד המחנה כאשר פירשתי:
2FROM BEFORE THE SANCTUARY. The reference is to the courtyard. The latter, as I have explained, is referred to as the sanctuary, in contrast to the camp.15