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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 25:53/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ה:נ״ג

אכשכיר שנה. להוסיף לא ירדנו בפרך לעיניך לא נעזוב הגר לרדות בו בפרך:

1AS A SERVANT HIRED YEAR BY YEAR. This¹⁷⁶. is repeated¹⁷⁷ in order to add that which follows.¹⁷⁸. HE SHALL NOT RULE WITH RIGOR OVER HIM IN THY SIGHT. We shall not permit the stranger to rule over him with rigor.¹⁷⁹ means you will not permit him to rule with rigor over him. See I.E. on verse 43 and the notes thereto for the definition of rigor. Verse 43 prohibits an Israelite from ruling over an Israelite slave with rigor. Scripture now prohibits the Israelites from allowing strangers to rule over Israelites with rigor.