ולאחר שיפרקו הלוים את המשכן.
and, when they are leaving the camp, after the Levites dismantle the Tabernacle but before they remove the altar. Since the altar has not yet been moved, it is still permitted to consume the sacrificial food.
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ולאחר שיפרקו הלוים את המשכן.
and, when they are leaving the camp, after the Levites dismantle the Tabernacle but before they remove the altar. Since the altar has not yet been moved, it is still permitted to consume the sacrificial food.
מהו דתימא: איפסיל להו ביוצא; קא משמע לן.
The Talmud continues: It was necessary to state this halakha lest you say that once the partitions surrounding the courtyard have been taken down, the sacrificial food has been disqualified because it is considered to have left the courtyard of the Tabernacle. Therefore, the baraita teaches us that the food is permitted for consumption as long as the altar remains in place.
ואימא הכי נמי! אמר קרא: ״ונסע אהל מועד״ – אף על פי שנסע, אהל מועד הוא.
The Talmud challenges: And say it is indeed so, that the sacrificial food should be disqualified because it is no longer within the partitions surrounding the courtyard. The Talmud explains: The verse states: “Then the Tent of Meeting should travel” (Numbers 2:17). This verse indicates that even though it traveled it is still considered the Tent of Meeting. Therefore, the sacrificial food is not considered to have left its designated area.
אמר רב הונא אמר רב: מזבח של שילה – של אבנים היה. דתניא, רבי אליעזר בן יעקב אומר: מה תלמוד לומר ״אבנים״ ״אבנים״ ״אבנים״ שלש פעמים? אחד של שילה, ואחד של נוב וגבעון, ובית עולמים.
§ The Talmud raises another discussion concerning the altar: Rav Huna says that Rav says: The altar in Shiloh was fashioned of stones, unlike the portable altar constructed in the time of Moses, which was fashioned from copper. This is as it is taught in a baraita: R' Eliezer ben Yaakov says: Why must the verses state that the altar must be fashioned from stones (Exodus 20:22), and state again that the altar must be fashioned from stones (Deuteronomy 27:5), and mention yet again the word stones (Deuteronomy 27:6), with regard to the altar, for a total of 3 times? These allude to 3 different stone altars: One in Shiloh, and one in Nov and Gibeon, and one in God House, i.e., the Temple.
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