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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 6:3/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ו׳:ג׳
אמדו. חלוק וחכמים אמרו שהוא חנוק כנגד מדתו:
1HIS LINEN GARMENT. The word middo means a garment.7 of middo is not a pronominal suffix. It is rather superfluous. See the word beno (son of) (Num. 24:3). The wise men8 said that it is a garment in keeping with his size.9 23:2. The word middah means a measure. According to the rabbis middo means his measure. Also see Rashi: “This is what is elsewhere termed the ketonet; and why then is it here called middo? To intimate that it (the ketonet) must be made to his measure.”
בעל בשרו. כנוי לערוה וכן זב מבשרו:
2UPON HIS FLESH. Flesh alludes to the genitals. Similarly an issue out of his flesh (Lev. 15:2).
גאשר תאכל האש.הנשאר מאכילת האש:
3WHERETO THE FIRE HATH CONSUMED. Which remains from what the fire consumes.
דאצל המזבח. מחוץ לפאת מזרח:
4BESIDE THE ALTAR. Outside of the eastern side.10