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Ramban on Leviticus 8:17/רמב"ן על ויקרא ח׳:י״ז

אוְאֶת הַפָּר וְאֶת עֹרוֹ וְאֶת בְּשָׂרוֹ וְאֶת פִּרְשׁוֹ יִכְלֹל בַּפָּר הַקָּרֵב שֶׁאֵינוֹ בִּכְלַל בְּשָׂרוֹ עֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים וְקַרְנַיִם וּטְלָפַיִם שֶׁהֵם מִלְּבַד עוֹרוֹ וּבְשָׂרוֹ וּפִרְשׁוֹ, אוֹ יִהְיֶה הַוָּא"ו מִן הַמְשַׁמְּשִׁין בְּיָתֵר, וְהוּא כְּמוֹ "וְשָׂרַף אֶת הַפָּרָה לְעֵינָיו אֶת עֹרָהּ וְאֶת בְּשָׂרָהּ וְאֶת דָּמָהּ עַל פִּרְשָׁהּ יִשְׂרֹף" (במדבר יט ה):

1AND THE BULLOCK, ‘V’ETH ORO'(AND ITS SKIN), AND ITS FLESH, AND ITS DUNG, HE BURNT WITH FIRE. Included in the term “the bullock” are those parts which were burnt that are not included in “the flesh,” namely the bones, sinews, horns, and hoofs, besides its skin, its flesh, and its dung. Or perhaps the vav [in the word v’eth — v’eth oro (‘and’ its skin)] is one of those redundant letters [thus making the sense of the verse: “and the bullock — its skin, and its flesh, etc.”], it being similar to the verse, And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burnt.²⁰⁵