החטאים האלה בנפשתם. שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ פוֹשְׁעִים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָם, שֶׁנֶּחְלְקוּ עַל הַקָּבָּ"ה: החטאים האלא בנפשתם THESE SINNERS AGAINST THEIR OWN SOULS — i.e. who became wilful transgressors against their own souls, because they rebelled against the Holy One, blessed be He.
רקעי. רְדוּדִין: רקעי means beaten out (flattened).
פחים. טַסִּים מְרֻדָּדִין, טינדי"ש בלעז: פחים are plates beaten out thin, tendus in O. F.
צפוי למזבח. לְמִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת: צפוי למזבח FOR AN OVERLAYING FOR THE ALTAR — i.e. for the copper altar.
ויהיו לאות. לְזִכָּרוֹן — שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ, אֵלּוּ הָיוּ מֵאוֹתָן שֶׁנֶּחְלְקוּ עַל הַכְּהֻנָּה וְנִשְׂרְפוּ: ויהיו לאות AND THEY SHALL BE AS AN אות — The word לאות is the same as לזכרון, something to be mentioned (cf. Exodus 13:9) — that people will always say: These plates were from (once belonged to) those who raised dissension about the priesthood and were burnt.