Exodus 29:31 Commentary: Rashi, Ramban, Siftei Chakhamim & Rav Hirsch

במקום קדש IN A HOLY PLACE in the court of the tent of meeting because these peace-offerings were holy in the highest degree (cf. Rashi on Leviticus 6:9).

AND THOU SHALT SEETHE ITS FLESH IN A HOLY PLACE. We do not know whether this was a temporary, special legislation that the flesh of [the ram of] consecration be seethed only by a priest, [who in this case was Moses] or — as Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra has it — that the expression and thou shalt seethe means by commanding [another person to do it], it being similar in usage to these verses: and thy rod wherewith thou smotest the river;²¹⁴Above, 17:5. Since it was Aaron who smote the river (ibid., 7:19), the verse must mean: “thy rod wherewith thou smotest the river — by commanding Aaron.” and Solomon built the house²¹⁵I Kings 6:14. [by commanding the builders to build it].
The seething had to be done in a holy place, since they²¹⁶I.e., the seven rams of consecration, one brought on each of the seven days of consecration. were like the peace-offerings of the congregation which were to be eaten within the hangings of the court, the same day and evening until midnight.²¹⁷Zebachim 54b.

In the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. . . [Rashi knows this] because it is written in Vayikra 6:9, “In a sacred place; in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.”