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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 23:6/אבן עזרא על שמות כ״ג:ו׳

אלא תטה. עם הדיין ידבר וכמוהו לפני ה' אלהיך תאכלנו (דבר' טו כ) הראוי לאכול כאילו הוא מדבר עם כהן ויבדילנו מכל ישראל שידבר עמהם, והאומר כי הוא בכור עדר, הבל הוא:

1THOU SHALT NOT WREST THE JUDGMENT OF THY POOR. This is directed to judges.³⁸ Thou shalt eat it³⁹), that is, the first-born of a cow or sheep. See Ex. 13. before the Lord thy God (Deut. 15:20) similarly refers to the one who is fit to eat it.⁴⁰, for an Israelite is prohibited from eating a firstling. Scripture, as it were, separates the kohen from the Israelites and addresses him.⁴¹ is directed to the kohen even though the passage in which it is found is directed to all of Israel. The person who says⁴² that the reference⁴³ is to the first-born of the flock⁴⁴ speaks nonsense.