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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 32:27/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ב:כ״ז
אויאמר, טעם אלהי ישראל. בעבור שחשבו עובדיו שהוא ע"ז:
1AND HE SAID UNTO THEM. Moses referred to the Lord as the God of Israel because those who worshipped the calf thought that the Lord was to be identified with the calf.128
בוהרגו איש את אחיו. אפילו יהיה אחיו, ורבים פי' האומר לאביו ולאמו (דבר' לג ט) על זה המעשה והוצרכו לפרש אביו ואמו אבי האם ואין צורך כאשר אפרש במקומו:
2AND SLAY EVERY MAN HIS BROTHER. Even if it be his brother.129 Many interpret Who said of his father, and of his mother: I have not seen him (Deut. 33:9) as referring to this incident.130 66:2: “Who said of his father, and of his mother: I have not seen him, his father refers to the father of his mother, who is an Israelite.” They had to explain his father and his mother as referring to the father of the mother.131 However, as I will explain, there is no need for this interpretation.