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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 32:2/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ב:ב׳
אויאמר, פָּרְקו. על משקל בָּרְכו מהבנין הכבד הדגוש מנהג מצרים היה לשום נזמים באזניהם, וככה כתוב במדינים, כי ישמעאלים הם (שופ' ח כד):
1AND AARON SAID UNTO THEM: BREAK OFF THE GOLDEN RINGS. Pareku (break off) is vocalized like barekhu (bless). It is a pi’el. It was the custom of the Egyptians to place rings in their ears.1 It is similarly written with regard to the Midianites, because they were Ishmaelites (Jud. 8:24).2 (the Midianites, so I.E) had golden earrings because they were Ishmaelites. I.E. believes that the Ishmaelites followed the same practices as the Egyptians because the Ishmaelites are descended from Hagar the Egyptian.