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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 11:27/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״א:כ״ז
אוכל הולך על כפיו. בתחלה המשפט אחד וכן הנושא את נבלת׳ וזה הפסוק יישר פירושי במלת ולאלה תטמאו כי שם כתוב וכל הנושא מנבלתם ושניהם בפרשה אחת:
1AND WHATSOEVER GOETH UPON ITS PAWS. At first71 the law is the same.72 Similarly And he that beareth the carcass of them (v. 28).73 This verse affirms my explanation of the words And by these ye shall be come unclean (v. 24),74 applies to what comes before, not what follows. See I.E. on verse 24. for Scripture there states, And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them (v. 25).75 he that beareth the carcass of them. According to I.E., Scripture is not repeating itself, for verse 25 refers to winged creatures while verse 28 refers to animals that walk on all fours. Both of them are in one section.
בוטעם טמאים הם לכם. להכניס כל ישראל אנשים ונשים וטף משפט אחד להם:
2The reason Scripture states, They are unclean unto you, is that it wants to include all of Israel: men, women, and children.76. Hence unclean unto you in our verse is not a mere repetition of the same statement. One law applies to all.