Two verbs which come one after the other in a manner where the second verb completes and finishes the action of the first verb – if the direct object is mentioned after the first verb – the second verb will come alone without a pronoun and without the word את. ולקח הכהן מדם החטאת ונתן (And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it)³³¹. והרים את אזכרתה והקטיר (And the priest shall take off from the meal-offering the memorial-part thereof, and shall make it smoke)³³².

footnotes: ³³¹ Leviticus 4:34. ³³² Leviticus 2:9.

And thus, any place where it deviates from this rule and a pronoun or the word אותו comes afterwards – the sages of blessed memory will interpet it to be for a certain restriction. And if the word אותו comes, the sages of blessed memory will usually interpret it for two restrictions. 1) From the extra pronoun. 2) From the fact that the pronoun is attached to the word את (as is mentioned in the preceding rule). And see interpretations like these with respect toוהשליך אותה (and cast it beside the altar)³³³, והקטיר אותו (and the priest shall make it smoke)³³⁴, והביאה (And he shall bring it)³³⁵.

footnotes: ³³³ Leviticus 1:16. ³³⁴ Leviticus 1:17. ³³⁵ Leviticus 2:2.

And moreover, when three verbs that come one after another where the last two complete the first – it is proper that the last two verbs come without a pronoun. Likeויעש גדי עיזים..ויוצא אליו..ויגש (And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal; the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the terebinth, and presented it)³³⁶. And when it is written והבאת את המנחה אשר יעשה מאלה ליהוה והקריבה אל הכהן והגישה אל המזבח (And you shall bring the meal-offering that is made of these things to the LORD; and it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar)³³⁷ with a pronoun, there is a homiletical interpretation.

footnotes: ³³⁶ Judges 6:19. ³³⁷ Leviticus 2:8.