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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 9:6/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט׳:ו׳
אוטעם ויאמר משה. כאשר הראיתיך. ואשאל אותה וטעמו כבר אמר להם משה זה הדבר עשו שיתנו שעיר ועגל וכבש ושור ואיל אז יראה לכם כבוד ה׳ והטעם על האש שיצא:
1[6. AND MOSES SAID.] Va-yomer mosheh (and Moses said) is to be understood in a manner similar to that of va-eshal otah (and I asked her) (Gen. 24:47). I have pointed out to you how the latter is to be interpreted.22 (and I asked her) is, I had already asked. See I.E. on Gen. 24:14 (Vol. 1, p. 236). The meaning of our clause is that Moses had already said to them, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do, namely, that you offer a he-goat (v. 3), a calf (v. 3), a lamb (v. 3), and an ox and a ram (v. 4);23 before Israel brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting. then the glory of God will then appear to them. The latter refers to the fire that came forth from the Lord.24