Commentary for Shabbat 174:6
the first for the princes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To make their offerings for the dedication of the Tabernacle, v. Num. VII. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> the first for the priesthood,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When Aaron began to officiate as a priest, v. Lev. IX; before that Divine Service was performed by first-borns. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> the first for [public] sacrifice, the first for the fall of fire [from Heaven],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. ibid. 24. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> the first for the eating of sacred food,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., flesh of sacrifices, which had henceforth to be eaten within a fixed locale, whereas hitherto it might be consumed anywhere. ');"><sup>22</sup></span>
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