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Ramban on Deuteronomy 32:38/רמב"ן על דברים ל״ב:ל״ח
אאֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ, כִּי הָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל תְּדִירִים בַּעֲבוֹדַת הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת וְהַנְּסָכִים מִכָּל גּוֹי לֵאלֹהָיו. וְהִזְכִּיר לְשׁוֹן רַבִּים, יֹאכְלוּ וְיִשְׁתּוּ אֱלֹהֵימוֹ, שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן הָרַבִּים, וְאֵצֶל הָעַמִּים רַבִּים הֵם, וּלְכָךְ חָזַר וְאָמַר, רְאוּ עַמִּים כֻּלָּם אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא יָחִיד וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי לַעֲזֹר לִי, וְאֵין כְּנֶגְדִּי לְהַצִּיל וּלְמַחוֹת בְּיָדִי מִלַּעֲשׂוֹת כָּל רְצוֹנִי לְהָמִית וְלִמְחֹץ וּלְהַחֲיוֹת וְלִרְפּוֹא:
1WHO ‘YOCHEILU’ (DID EAT) THE FAT OF THEIR SACRIFICES — for Israel was more constant in the service of offerings and drink-offerings than any other nation to its gods. He mentions the plural: ‘yocheilu’ (‘they’ did eat), ‘yishthu’ (‘they’ did drink), and their ‘gods’135 which are in the plural [although referring to G-d Who is One] because according to the nations [whose words He is now citing] there are many deities. Therefore He turns [to Israel] and says, See now all My people, that I, even I, am He, One, and there is no god with Me136 to assist Me, and there is no one to oppose Me, to deliver out of My hand or object to My doing whatever I wish — to kill, to wound, to make alive and to heal.136