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Ramban on Leviticus 14:10/רמב"ן על ויקרא י״ד:י׳

איִקַּח שְׁנֵי כְבָשִׂים תְּמִימִים וְכַבְשָׂה אַחַת לֹא פֵּרֵשׁ הַכָּתוּב מַה יַעֲשֶׂה בִּשְׁנֵי הַכְּבָשִׂים וְכַבְשָׂה, אֲבָל הִזְכִּיר בַּכֶּבֶשׁ הָאֶחָד שֶׁיַּקְרִיב אוֹתוֹ לְאָשָׁם (ויקרא י"ד:י"ב), וְהִזְכִּיר שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה הַחַטָּאת וְאַחַר יִשְׁחַט הָעוֹלָה (ויקרא י"ד:י"ט). וְזֶה בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁכְּבָר הִזְכִּיר בְּפָרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא (ה-ו) בְּחַטָּאת שֶׁתִּהְיֶה נְקֵבָה, וְהִזְכִּיר בְּכָל עוֹלָה (שם א-ג ועוד) שֶׁהוּא זָכָר, לְכָךְ לֹא הֻצְרַךְ לְהַאֲרִיךְ, כִּי בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁהַכֶּבֶשׂ הַשֵּׁנִי יִהְיֶה הָעוֹלָה וְהַכַּבְשָׂה הִיא הַחַטָּאת:

1AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY HE SHALL TAKE TWO HE-LAMBS WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND ONE EWE-LAMB. Scripture has not explained what is to be done with the two he-lambs and the one ewe-lamb. However, it mentioned concerning one of the he-lambs that the priest offer it as a guilt-offering,⁶⁸ and further mentioned that he should offer up the sin-offering,⁶⁹ and afterward he shall slaughter the burnt-offering.⁶⁹ This is because He has already mentioned in the section of Vayikra that the sin-offering should be a female,⁷⁰ and that every burnt-offering should be a male.⁷¹, 1:3; 10. Therefore there was no need here to speak at length, it being known that [since the first he-lamb was a guilt-offering], the second he-lamb would be the burnt-offering, and the ewe-lamb would be the sin-offering.