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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 25:17/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ה:י״ז
אוטעם אל תונו איש את עמיתו. אזהרה למוכר כי הראשון לקונה:
1[AND YE SHALL NOT80. The Torah reads ve-lo. If not a scribal error, then I.E. quoted from memory and erred. WRONG ONE ANOTHER.] This is to be understood as a warning to the seller,81. for the first injunction82 (v. 14). is directed to the buyer.83 in verse 14 follows or buy of thy neighbor.
בכי אני ה׳ אלהיכם. ואחר שאני אלהיכם אפרע משניהם מאשר יונה עמיתו. ואם תעשו חקותי תתן הארץ פריה וטעם להזכיר זה בעבור מספר תבואות:
2FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. As I am your God, I will exact punishment from the two of them,84 from the one who wrongs his neighbor. If you observe My statutes the earth will bring forth its produce. Scripture mentions this85. because it earlier spoke of the number of crops86 because it earlier said according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell. (v. 15). In other words, the thrust of our verse is fear God and do not cheat in calculating the years. (v. 16).