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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 15:11/אבן עזרא על במדבר ט״ו:י״א
אשה כבשים. או עזים וכן פירש בסוף לכבש האחד או אם הקריב איל תהא מנחתו כפלים כי הכבש הוא קטן. ולא הזכיר עם בן הבקר נדבה והזכיר שלמים בעבור שלא הזכירו בתחלה ומשפט הכל אחד:
1THE HE-LAMBS. Or the kids.17 Furthermore, I.E. goes on to say, “Scripture similarly states at the end, for each lamb.” We do not find the phrase for each lamb in any of the following verses. Filwarg suggests that the heading verse 11 is an error and should be eliminated and that our note is a continuation of the previous one. It should read as follows:[Verse 4.] A MEAL-OFFERING OF…FINE FLOUR. A tenth of an ephah for each one of the flock, (that is) he-lambs or kids. Scripture similarly states at the end (of the verse), for each lamb (v. 5). See note 15. Scripture similarly states later, for each lamb.18 If the celebrant offers a ram, then his meal offering is doubled,19 for a lamb is a small animal. Scripture does not mention the free-will offering20. along with the bullock.21 It mentions the peace offering22. [with the bullock] because it did not mention it above.23 They all have one law.24 (vow) mentioned in verses 3 and 8 and the nedavah (free-will offering) mentioned in verse 3 all have one law. They are considered as shelamim (peace offerings). See Lev. 7:16-20 (Weiser).