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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:12/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ב:י״ב
אבדד ינחנו. השם לבדו כטעם על פי ה' יחנו ויסעו ואין עם השם שותף ויתכן להיות בדר על ישראל כמו הן עם לבדד ישכון:
1THE LORD ALONE DID LEAD THEM. Adonai badad (the Lord alone) means only the Lord.127 (alone) refers to God. Its meaning is128 similar to At the commandment of the Lord129 they encamped, and at the commandment of the Lord130 they journeyed (Num. 9:23). God had no associate. It is possible that the word badad (alone) refers to Israel.131 Compare, Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone (Num. 23:9).
בואיז עמו אל נכר. עם ישראל והעד על זה הפי' יקניאהו בזרים:
2AND THERE WAS NO STRANGE GOD WITH HIM. With Israel.132 refers to Israel, not to God. They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods (v. 16) is proof that this interpretation is correct.133