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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 7:17/אבן עזרא על שמות ז׳:י״ז
אכה. השליח ידבר על פי השולח ואמר דרך קצרה, כי תחסר מלת שלוחו, וככה הנה אנכי שלוחו מכה במטה אשר בידי:
1THUS SAITH THE LORD. The messenger speaks the word of the one who sent him.71. However, as Moses is not the Lord, Moses should rather have said: In this thou shalt know that He is the Lord. Hence I.E.’s comment. Moses was brief, for the term “His messenger” has been omitted. The statement should be understood thus: behold, I His messenger72 will smite with the rod that is in my hand.
בואמר אשר בידי ואף על פי שביד אהרן היה כי שניהם שוים ומשתתפים באות:
2[WITH THE ROD THAT IS IN MY HAND.] Moses said, that is in my hand, even though the rod was in Aaron’s hand because they were equals73 and both participated in the performance of the sign.