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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 22:7/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ב:ז׳
אובא השמש וטהר. ידוע כי וטהר שב אל הטמא כמו וכפר עליה הכהן וטהרה כי אין בפסוק זכר יום רק חז״ל העתיקו אפילו שיבא השמש לא יאכל עד סור האור ושמו זה הפסוק לאסמכתא כאשר פירשתי בפסוק לעם נכרי על כן אמרו טהר יומא:
1AND WHEN THE SUN IS DOWN, HE SHALL BE CLEAN. It is known that he shall be clean refers to the unclean, for there is no mention of the word day in the verse.8 (and he shall be clean) cannot refer to the day. Compare, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean (Lev. 12:8). However, the rabbis of blessed memory transmitted to us the law that even if the sun sets he shall not eat until it is completely dark.9 (and he shall be clean) refers to the day. They render ve-taher as, and it shall be clean; i.e., the day shall be cleared away. See Berakhot 2a,b. They used this verse as a support.10 I have explained the latter11 in my comments on the verse unto a foreign people (Ex. 21:8).12 The rabbis therefore13 said that ve-taher (he should be clean) means that the day shall be clean.
בכי לחמו. מאכלו וכבר פירשתיו:
2BECAUSE IT IS HIS BREAD. His food.14 means his food. I have previously explained this.15 (bread) means food. See I.E. on Ex 16:4 (Vol. 2, p. 316).