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Ramban on Leviticus 6:20/רמב"ן על ויקרא ו׳:כ׳

אתְּכַבֵּס בְּמָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ הֶחְמִיר הַכָּתוּב בַּדָּם הַנִּבְלָע בַּבֶּגֶד לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה קֹדֶם הַזָּיָה שֶׁלֹּא יֵצֵא חוּץ לַקְּלָעִים. וְאָמַר "וּכְלִי חֶרֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר תְּבֻשַּׁל בּוֹ יִשָּׁבֵר" וְאַף הוּא בְּמָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ הוּא נִשְׁבָּר וְהַחֲרָסִים נִבְלָעִין בִּמְקוֹמָם, וְאֵין עוֹשִׂין בּוֹ מְרִיקָה וּשְׁטִיפָה כְּלָל. וְכֵן הַמְּרִיקָה וְהַשְּׁטִיפָה בִּכְלִי נְחֹשֶׁת בְּמָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ הוּא, כִּי כָל הַכְּתוּבִים נִמְשָׁכִים אֶל "מָקוֹם קָדוֹשׁ" שֶׁהִזְכִּיר:

1THOU SHALT WASH IT IN A HOLY PLACE. Scripture laid down a strict law in connection with the blood [of a sin-offering] which became absorbed by a garment, giving it the law it [the blood] had before it was sprinkled [on the garment, namely] that it may not be taken outside the curtains⁶¹ [and therefore it must be washed within the Court]. He states, and the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken.⁶⁰ This too is to be broken in the holy place [i.e., within the Court], and the pieces of pottery are swallowed up in the place [where they are broken],⁶² and there does not have to be any scouring and rinsing at all [as required if it was boiled in a copper pot]. Similarly, the scouring and rinsing required if [the meat of the sin-offering] was boiled in a copper pot⁶⁰ have to be done in a holy place, for all the verses [i.e., Verses 20-21] are connected with “the holy place” mentioned [above in Verse 19: in ‘a holy place’ shall it be eaten, in the Court of the Tent of Meeting].