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Ramban on Leviticus 16:27/רמב"ן על ויקרא ט״ז:כ״ז
איוֹצִיא אֶל מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה יוֹצִיא אַהֲרֹן הַנִּזְכָּר (בפסוקים כג כה) בְּצִוּוּי, עַל דַּעַת ר"א (אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט"ז:כ"ז). וְהַנָּכוֹן, "יוֹצִיא" הַמּוֹצִיא. וְכֵן "וְשָׂרְפוּ" הַשּׂוֹרְפִים. וְאָמַר הַכָּתוּב "וְשָׂרְפוּ" בִּלְשׁוֹן רַבִּים, לְלַמֵּד שֶׁאִם נִתְעַסְּקוּ רַבִּים בַּשְּׂרֵפָה, אֶחָד מֵבִיא אֶת הָאוּר וְאֶחָד מְסַדֵּר עֲצֵי הַמַּעֲרָכָה וְאֶחָד מַבְעִיר אֶת הָאֵשׁ, לֹא יְטַמְּאוּ בְּגָדִים אֶלָּא הַמַּצִּית אֶת הָאוּר בַּפָּרִים עַצְמָם מִשֶּׁיַּצִּיתֶנּוּ בְּרֻבּוֹ. וּלְכָךְ חָזַר וְאָמַר בִּלְשׁוֹן יָחִיד "וְהַשּׂוֹרֵף אוֹתָם":
1AND THE BULLOCK OF THE SIN-OFFERING, AND THE GOAT OF THE SIN-OFFERING … HE SHALL CARRY FORTH WITHOUT THE CAMP. In the opinion of Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, ‘he’ shall carry forth means Aaron, who has been mentioned in this section, [and he is to do it] by commanding others [to carry them forth without the camp]. The correct interpretation is that it means: yotzi hamotzi (“whoever shall carry them forth, shall carry them forth” without the camp).131 Similarly, the expression and they shall burn [in the verse before us] means, “and they that burn them, shall burn them.” Scripture states it in the plural, and ‘they’ shall burn, in order to teach us that if many people were engaged in the burning thereof — such as if one brought the fire, another arranged the wood of the pile, and another kindled the fire — only the garments of him who kindled the fire in the bullocks themselves132 are rendered impure, as soon as the fire takes hold of the greater part of it. That is why Scripture goes back and states it in the singular, and he that burneth them shall wash his clothes.133