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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 18:26/אבן עזרא על בראשית י״ח:כ״ו

אוטעם בתוך העיר. שהם יראים את השם בפרהסיא, וכן "שוטטו בחוצות ירושלים" (ירמיה ה א):
1[WITHIN THE CITY.] That is, who publicly57 means 50 people who are publicly righteous. revere My name. Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see now, and know, And seek in the broad places thereof, If ye can find a man, If there be any that doeth justly, and seeketh truth; And I will pardon her (Jer. 5:1) is similar.