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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 9:10/אבן עזרא על במדבר ט׳:י׳
אאו בדרך רחוקה. אין לחפש כי כבר העתיקי חז"ל כמה היא הרחוקה:
1IN A JOURNEY AFAR OFF. We do not have to search for the meaning of this phrase, for our sages have already transmitted to us the meaning of afar off.1. 9:2, afar off means outside of the threshold of the temple courtyard. For other opinions see Pes. 9:2.
בלכם. לטמא נפש:
2OF YOU. This refers to being unclean by reason of a dead body.
גאו לדורותיכם. בטמא נפש ודרך רחוקה:
3OR OF YOUR GENERATIONS. This refers to both a person who is unclean by reason of a dead body and to one in a journey far off.