https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.5.19
HE IS CERTAINLY GUILTY BEFORE THE LORD. This explains why it is called a guilt offering. It is so called because he is guilty.42The offering is called a...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.15.7
ANDS HE THAT TOUCHETH THE FLESH OF HIM THAT HATH THE ISSUE. Any part without exception.10Unlike earlier (v. 2 and v. 3) where the word flesh refers to the...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.1.21
TAKE POSSESSION. Resh (take possession) is vocalized like the word shev (sit).58Both words are peh yods. Resh comes from the root yod, resh, shin. Shev comes...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.10.22
WITH THREE SCORE AND TEN. I have already explained this.62See I.E. on Gen. 46:23 (Vol. 1, pp. 403-406). There I.E notes that Jacob is included among the 70,...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.15.11
FOR THE POOR SHALL NEVER CEASE OUT OF THE LAND. As I have explained.34See I.E. on verse...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.24.6
NO MAN SHALL TAKE THE MILL OR THE UPPER MILLSTONE TO PLEDGE. The deniers16The Karaites. say that this section is connected to and shall cheer his wife whom...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.25.6
THE FIRST-BORN THAT SHE BEARETH. Will be called by the name of his47Deceased....
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.14.23
AND THE FIRSTLINGS OF THY HERD. The one who is fit49The kohen. to eat them shall eat them, as I have previously...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.4.34
OR HATH GOD ASSAYED. Some say that Elohim (God) does not refer to the Lord.71It refers to any god. Heaven forbid. It most certainly refers to...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.28.26
AND THERE SHALL BE NONE TO FRIGHTEN THEM AWAY. To frighten away the birds and beasts....
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.5.26
OH THAT. Scripture does not say mi yitten li (oh that I) but rather mi yitten la-hem (oh that they).65In other words, the object of mi yitten is Israel not...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.26.17
AND I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST YOU. My wrath and My anger.61My face means My anger. Compare, and her countenance62Or her face. was no more (I Sam....
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.10.9
NOR STRONG DRINK. Made from any kind of wheat, honey, or dates, for wine destroys the reason of the one who imbibes it and he confuses things. Hence...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.1.36
SAVE. The yod in zulati (save) is superfluous, for the word is found without the yod.72Zulat. See II Kings...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Ecclesiastes.7.3
Vexation is better than revelry: Medical men have already indicated that man possesses three souls. One is the vegetative soul; that is to say, just as in...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.14.14
UPON THE TIP. The meaning of tenuch (tip) is understood from its context.48It refers to a part of the ear. Now, the one who is cleansed from leprosy, which...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.19.37
The meaning of I am the Lord is, you shall pursue my statutes which I placed upon you, for they are all...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Exodus.16.16
[GATHER YE OF IT EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS EATING.] This was to be done by logical estimate.93Every man according to his eating implies that one is to...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.22.27
WHEN A BULLOCK, OR A SHEEP, OR A GOAT. The newborn animals are called by what they ultimately become. Compare, And stripped the naked42Scripture refers to...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Leviticus.6.18
IT IS MOST HOLY. It is like one of the other holy things.46According to I.E. kodesh kodashim (it is most holy) does not mean it is most holy but is to be...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Exodus.25.1
God who gave a perfect Torah to his children; The Lord who brings to light all hidden things; Will explain to us the words of wisdom inscribed In the Torah...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.8.20
BECAUSE. The word ekev (because) refers to payment at the end. It refers both to reward27See I.E. on Deut. 7:12. and to...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Ecclesiastes.7.16
Do not be [overly righteous]: If you pray from morning until evening and fast and do similar things, you will become desolate, meaning you will depart from...
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https://www.sefaria.org/Ibn_Ezra_on_Deuteronomy.8.13
MULTIPLY. The yod in yirbeyun (multiply) is in place of a heh.22For the root of yirbeyun is resh, bet, heh. Compare the word yirbeh (multiplied) later on in...
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