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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 8:35/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ח׳:ל״ה
אופתח אהל מועד תשבו. להזכיר ולא תמותו:
1AND AT THE DOOR OF THE TENT OF MEETING SHALL YE ABIDE. This is stated once again95 in order to add, that ye die not.
בצויתי. פועל שלא נקרא שם פועלו ויש אומרים כי כן צויתי אותכ׳ ואם לא פירש שם לשבת פתח אהל מועד:
2I AM COMMANDED. Tzuvveti (I am commanded) is a pu’al. Some say that the meaning of for so I am commanded is identical to according to all that I have commanded thee96 refers to the law of abiding at the door of the tent of meeting during the seven days of consecration. (Ex. 29:35), even though Scripture does not state there that they are to abide at the front of the tent of meeting.97