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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 6:22/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ו׳:כ״ב
אוטעם קדש קדשים הוא. עם כל זכר שאין ראוי לאכול החטאת שהקריבו ממנה והובא לכפר כי אם התמימים והזכר תמים מהנקבה ואפילו קטן יקרא זכר והזכר שהוא בן שלש עשרה שנה כאשר העתיקו אבותינו:
1[IT IS MOST HOLY.] Scripture states it is most holy with regard to every male74 because only the perfect may eat from a sin offering whose organs are offered and is brought for atonement for sins.75 with regard to all male kohanim in order to teach us that only the “perfect” may eat from the sin offering because it is most holy. Males are more perfect76 than females.77 Even a small child is called a male.78 A male who is thirteen years old [is considered an adult] as our fathers have transmitted.