לתת להם ביום משחו אותם שיעורו אשר צוה ה' ביום משחו אותם לתת להם מאת בני ישראל חוקת עולם ופירוש "ביום משחו" בעת המשיחה וכן ביום הקריב אותם לכהן (ויקרא ז׳:ל״ה) בעת ההיא כאשר הבדילם ורבי אברהם אמר (אבן עזרא על ויקרא ז׳:ל״ו) כי ביום משחו מיום משחו וכן הנותר בבשר ובלחם (ויקרא ח׳:ל״ב): 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”).