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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 24:10/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ד:י׳
אויצא בן אשה ישראלית. מאהלו כמו יצאו נצבים פתח אהליהם:
1AND THE SON OF AN ISRAELITISH WOMAN…WENT OUT. From his tent. Compare, came out, and stood at the door of their tents (Num. 16:27).
בבן איש מצרי. מתיהד:
2WHOSE FATHER WAS AN EGYPTIAN. Who converted to Judaism.21
גואיש הישראלי. כמו לאיש העשיר את יום השביעי ולא נדע למה נסמכה זאת הפרשה אולי דבר המקלל דברים אשר לא כן בעבור הלחם והשמן והקרבנות:
3AND A MAN OF ISRAEL. Ve-ish ha-yisra’eli (and a man of Israel) is similar to le-ish he-ashir (unto the rich man) (II Sam. 12:4) and to et yom ha-shevi’iy (the seventh day) (Gen. 2:3).22 prefixed to it, the noun which it modifies also has a heh prefixed to it. I.E. points out that there are instances in Scripture where the above is not followed, viz., our verse, II Sam. 12:4, and Gen 2:3. See I.E. on Gen 1:31 (Vol. 1, p. 47). We do not know why this section23 was connected to that which comes before it. Perhaps the blasphemer spoke improperly with regard to the bread, the oil, and the sacrifices.