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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 31:30/אבן עזרא על במדבר ל״א:ל׳
אאחד אחוז. כמו והאחוז אחוז ושניהם דבקים כאשר פירשתי:
1ONE DRAWN. Achuz (drawn) is similar to ve-ha’achuz achuz (and proportionally) (I Chron. 24:6).45, slightly different from what I.E. quotes. As I have explained,46 they are connected.47 is to be interpreted as one word (Filwarg). Some interpret: verse 28 and 30 are connected to each other. See Weiser.
במכל הבהמה. כמו גמלים והנה לא לקח אלעזר מהם חלק אולי היו מעטים ועל כן לא נזכר המספר שהביאו ולא המספר שלקחו הלוים:
2EVEN OF ALL THE CATTLE. Camels.48 seems to add something new. Since cattle, flock, asses are clearly mentioned in our verse, I.E. reasons that even of all the cattle refers to camels. Look, Eleazar did not take a portion from them.49 Perhaps they were few. Hence neither the number which they brought nor the amount which the Levites took is mentioned.50