The law of God is perfect⁵⁴¹. Just as there is nothing missing, so too it is impossible that anything in it is superfluous. And any place where it is seen that the language is long and there are superflous words, the sages of blessed memory in their wisdom fixed this perception and clarified why it needed to be so long. And it was either to teach that the law is also applicable in other places, to safeguard from mistakes, to teach a second meaning, or to continue the expression and explain it according to the tradition.

footnotes: ⁵⁴¹ Psalms 19:8.

And there are in this many different ways. And we already explained above several rules pertaining to this in various sections:

As with a gerund that is added onto the predicate. And an infinitive that is added. (Chapter 4)

A number that is superfluous. (Chapter 8) (Chapter 9 - Rule 77, Rule 80)

And a category name that is added. (Rule 95)

And an adjective that is added. (Chapter 14)

And a noun that is repeated. (Chapter 15)

And a verb that is changed in its conjugation. (Chapter 17)

And besides these, any place where there is superfluous language, there will be a homiletical interpretation. And these are the foundations of the tradition.

And all the more so, if contradictory words are added, as when it is written מדוע לא אכלתם את החטאת במקום הקדש (Wherefore have you not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary)⁵⁴² – and they really do not eat at all anywhere.

footnotes: ⁵⁴² Leviticus 10:17.

And moreover, any repeated language like ישוב...ונהפך(the raw flesh again be turned into white)⁵⁴³, etc.

footnotes: ⁵⁴³ Leviticus 13:16.