ועל דעת ר"א הזכיר כמעשה ארץ מצרים על השעירים הנזכרים וכמעשה ארץ כנען על העריות שהיו הכנענים בהם רעים וחטאים כאשר אמר בסוף (ויקרא י״ח:כ״ז) כי את כל התועבות האל עשו אנשי הארץ ועל דעת רבותינו בתורת כהנים (אחרי ט ג) היו גם המצרים שטופים בזמה בכל העריות ובזכור ובבהמה והוא האמת כי גם קדש היה בארץ בזכור מאז ועד עתה והכתוב מעיד בהן בני מצרים שכניך גדלי בשר (יחזקאל טז כו) ואומר אשר בשר חמורים בשרם וזרמת סוסים זרמתם (שם כג כ) והבשר כנוי וכן זב מבשרו (ויקרא ט״ו:ב׳) דם יהיה זובה בבשרה (שם פסוק יט): According to the opinion of Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, the Scriptural command, After the doings of the land of Egypt … shall ye not do,224Verse 3. is a reference to [the practice of sacrificing to] the demons mentioned above [in 17:7]; and after the doings of the land of Canaan … shall ye not do224Verse 3. is an allusion to the forbidden sexual relationships, in which the Canaanites were very bad and sinful,225Genesis 13:13. as He stated at the end of this section, For all these abominations have the men of the Land done.226Further, Verse 27. And in the opinion of our Rabbis in the Torath Kohanim,227Torath Kohanim, Acharei 9:3. the Egyptians were also addicted to carnality, in all forms of the forbidden relationships, and with males and cattle. This is the truth, [as Scripture states] that there were also sodomites in the Land,228I Kings 14:24. The verse concludes: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Eternal drove out before the children of Israel. referring [to the abominations of the nations] which were there from the beginning till now. Scripture further testifies concerning them, the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh,229Ezekiel 16:26. and it further says, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses,230Ibid., 23:20. the term “flesh” being a euphemism [for the sexual organ]. Similarly, in the expressions, his flesh ran with his issue,231Above, 15:2. and her issue in her flesh be blood232Ibid., Verse 19. [the term “flesh” is an allusion to the sexual organ].