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Ramban on Leviticus 3:5/רמב"ן על ויקרא ג׳:ה׳
אוְהִקְטִירוּ אֹתוֹ בְנֵי אַהֲרֹן כִּנּוּי לָאִשֶּׁה הַנִּזְכָּר (ויקרא ג':ג') "וְהִקְרִיב מִזֶּבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אִשֶּׁה לַה'", וְהוּא שָׁוֶה עִם מַה שֶׁאָמַר לְמַטָּה (ויקרא ג':ט"ז) "וְהִקְטִירָם" כִּי שָׁם יִרְמֹז לְכָל הָאֵמוּרִין. וּמִדְרָשׁוֹ (תו"כ פרשה יד י) "וְהִקְטִירוּ אוֹתוֹ" (כאן) "וְהִקְטִירוֹ" (ויקרא ג':י"א) "וְהִקְטִירָם" (ויקרא ג':ט"ז), מַה ת"ל, "וְהִקְטִירוּ אוֹתוֹ" הַכָּשֵׁר וְלֹא הַפָּסוּל, "וְהִקְטִירוּ" שֶׁלֹּא יְעָרֵב חֲלָבִים בַּחֲלָבִים, "וְהִקְטִירָם" כֻּלָּם כְּאַחַת:
1AND AARON’S SONS SHALL CAUSE IT TO ASCEND IN FUMES. This is like His saying further on, And the priest shall cause them to ascend in fumes,248 for there He alludes to all those portions of the offering which are burnt on the altar, [hence He refers to them in the plural, while here He alludes to the offering as such, and therefore He speaks of it in the singular]. The interpretation [of the Rabbis] on it is as follows:249 14:10. “And Aaron’s sons shall cause it to ascend.250 And the priest shall cause it to ascend.251 And the priest shall cause them to ascend.252 Why are all these verses mentioned? And Aaron’s sons shall cause it to ascend250 — only if the offering is acceptable, but not if it has become disqualified. And the priest shall cause it to ascend251 — [this teaches] that he should not mix the fats of one offering with those of another [even though they are both of the flock]. And the priest shall cause them to ascend — [this teaches] that he should burn them all at one time.”