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7 ‎[1] UNTO THE SATYRS. *Se’irim* (satyrs) are the demons. They are so called because the body of one who sees them “storms.” However, it appears that they are so called because the insane see them in the form of goats (*se’irim*). The word “more” teaches that the Israelites did so in Egypt.
‎[2] AFTER WHOM THEY GO ASTRAY. For whoever seeks after them and believes in them strays from under his God, for he thinks that there is someone aside from God the glorious and awe inspiring who does good or bad. This section does not mention the stranger, for the commandment regarding sacrifices and burnt offerings falls on Israel. Scripture mentions the stranger in order to teach that Israel shall not permit a stranger to sacrifice to idols in the Land of Israel. The law regarding *all manner of blood* (v. 10) is similar. The eating of blood is prohibited because it is the very life, for the flesh lives by the blood. The truth of the matter is that the life by which a person lives is in the blood which is in the heart.
Version: Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001102376/NLI
License: CC-BY-NC