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Ramban on Leviticus 8:20/רמב"ן על ויקרא ח׳:כ׳
אוְאֶת הָאַיִל נִתַּח לִנְתָחָיו אֵין נִתּוּחַ אֶלָּא לְאַחַר הֶפְשֵׁט, אֲבָל קִצֵּר בַּהַפְשָׁטָה בְּכָאן שֶׁכְּבָר צִוָּה בָּזֶה בְּפָרָשַׁת הָעוֹלָה (ויקרא א':ו'), וְאָמַר "וַיַּקְטֵר מֹשֶׁה אֶת הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶת הַנְּתָחִים" בִּזְמַן הַהַקְטָרָה, וְהוּא אַחַר "וְאֶת הַקֶּרֶב וְאֶת הַכְּרָעַיִם רָחַץ בַּמָּיִם", וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר "וַיַּקְטֵר מֹשֶׁה אֶת כָּל הָאַיִל" כִּי הַכֹּל הִקְטִיר כְּאַחַת אַחַר הָרְחִיצָה, אֶלָּא שֶׁהִפְרִידָם לְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין הַנְּתָחִים טְעוּנִין רְחִיצָה:
1AND THE RAM WAS CUT INTO PIECES. This cutting into pieces was done only after flaying, but Scripture shortened its account here by omitting the flaying, since He had already commanded about it in the section of the burnt-offering.206 He states [here in this verse], and Moses caused the head, and the pieces to burn [on the altar], which means “at the time of burning it,” namely, after he washed the inwards and the legs in water [mentioned in the following verse]. It is with reference to this that He states, and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar,207 for after the washing he burnt everything at the same time. Scripture, however, separated them [stating here in Verse 20 that he burnt the head and the pieces, etc., and afterwards in Verse 21 that he washed the inwards and the legs], so as to teach us that the pieces do not need washing.