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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 19:12/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ט:י״ב
אוהגבלת. שים גבול בהר, ע"כ כמוהו, הגבל את ההר וקדשתו (למטה פ' כג) לשום גבול בהר והארכתי כל כך בעבור שאמר המשוגע שהפך בספרו דברי אלהים חיים, אמר כי רצה משה לומר הגבל את העם, ויצא מפיו ההר במקום העם:
1AND THOU SHALT SET BOUNDS. Place a border on the mount.105 (ve-higbalta) unto the people. I.E. interprets this to mean: And thou shalt set bounds on the mount beyond which the people may not cross. Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it (v. 23) is therefore similar.106 I dwell on this because the crazy one107 who inverted the words of the living God in his book108 I.E. claims that this commentator wanted to make 100 such emendations in the Torah. I.E. suggests that his works be burned. See I.E. on Gen. 36:31,32. Also see Gen. 50, note 17. said that Moses intended to say,109 set bounds about the people,110 does not mean: and thou shalt set bounds on the mountain. He wanted to harmonize our verse and verse 23. but what came out of his mouth was “the mount” rather than “the people.”
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2WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH THE MOUNT. With his body.111