Commentaire sur Le Lévitique 7:36

WHICH THE ETERNAL COMMANDED TO BE GIVEN THEM IN THE DAY THAT THEY WERE ANOINTED. The order of the verse is as follows:¹⁵⁰As the verse reads, it might appear that G-d only commanded that the priests be given these gifts of the peace-offerings, on the day they were anointed as priests, but not throughout the generations. Therefore Ramban explains the purport of the verse to be as explained in the text. “Which the Eternal commanded, on the day that they were anointed, to be given them from the children of Israel, by a statute forever.” And the explanation of the phrase in the day that they were anointed, is “at the time of the anointment.” Similarly, in the day when they were presented to minister¹⁵¹Verse 35. means: “at that time when He separated them” [to minister as priests]. Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra wrote that “‘b’yom’ (in the day) that they were anointed means mi’yom (from the day) that they were anointed.¹⁵²The letter beth in the word b’yom (in the day) thus serves as a mem (mi’yom — from the day). Ibn Ezra thus solves the difficulty in the verse (see Note 150) by interpreting it as a command for the future. Similarly, and that which remaineth ‘babasar ubalachem’ [literally: “in the meat and in the bread”]¹⁵³Further, 8:32 — shall ye burn with fire. means mibasar umilechem (“of the meat and of the bread”).

אשר צוה ה' לתת להם ביום משחו אותם, “which Hashem has commanded to give to them on the day of His having anointed them, etc.” The meaning of the words is: “which on the day He ordered them to be anointed, He made their appointment permanent, hereditary, throughout the ages.” Ibn Ezra understands the words ביום משחו as if the Torah had written מיום משחו, “from the day He had anointed them onwards.”

ביום משחו אותם, “on the day that they were anointed.” The prefix letter ב has been used here instead of the more common prefix מ the meaning being: “from the day they were anointed. From this day on, these portions of the sacrificial animals were perpetually given to the priests.