Commentary for Numbers 18:32
וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂא֤וּ עָלָיו֙ חֵ֔טְא בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶ֥ם אֶת־חֶלְבּ֖וֹ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְאֶת־קָדְשֵׁ֧י בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לֹ֥א תְחַלְּל֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תָמֽוּתוּ׃ (פ)
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, seeing that ye have set apart from it the best thereof; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.’
Rashi on Numbers
ולא תשאו עליו חטא וגו׳ AND YE SHALL BEAR NO SIN BY REASON OF IT etc. — This implies: consequently if you do not set it aside you will bear sin on that account.
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Rashbam on Numbers
לא תחללו, by eating such while in a state or ritual impurity.
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Siftei Chakhamim
Hence if [you do not]. Meaning: This verse does not come to exempt those who separate it. Because why would one assume that they were liable? Rather it comes to make one liable, and from the negative one infers the positive. Accordingly, one inevitably understands that “and you will not die” means “hence if you profane, you will die” because from the negative one infers the positive. For if not so, why would it say “and you will not die”? Why would one assume that one was liable so that a verse is needed to exempt him? Re’m.
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