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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 18:9/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״ח:ט׳
אמקדש הקדשים. כי יש קדשים קלים:
1OF THE MOST HOLY THINGS. For there are offerings that have a lesser degree of sacredness.15
במן האש. כל מה שיקדישו ממנו כי אשה כמו אש והה"א נוסף:
2RESERVED FROM THE FIRE.16. Of all that they sanctify,17 for isheh (fire-offering)18 and esh (fire) mean the same,19 (esh) means reserved from the fire offerings. the heh of isheh being superfluous.
גלכל מנחתם. אחר אשר יקדיש האזכרה ממנה ואמורי החטאת והאשם:
3AND EVERY MEAL-OFFERING OF THEIRS. After they sanctify the memorial part thereof.20. The latter refers to the portion of the meal offering offered on the altar. See Lev. 2:2. [AND EVERY SIN-OFFERING OF THEIRS, AND EVERY GUILT-OFFERING OF THEIRS.] After they offer the designated organs of the sin offering and the guilt offering.21 WHICH THEY MAY RENDER22 (literally, which they return).
דאשר ישיבו לי. פי' כי תמעול מעל והנה המנחה והחטאת ואשם קדש קדשים כנגד השלמים:
4UNTO ME. The reference is to a trespass.23). See Lev. 5:15. Now the meal offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering are holier than the peace offerings.24), are mentioned in our verse, which speaks of the more holy sacrifices.