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Ramban on Exodus 12:51/רמב"ן על שמות י״ב:נ״א
אוַיְהִי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה הוֹצִיא ה' מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאָמַר לְמַעְלָה (שמות י"ב:מ"ב) "לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים הוּא לַה' לְהוֹצִיאָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם", חָזַר וּפֵרֵשׁ כִּי לֹא יָצְאוּ בַּלַּיְלָה כֻּלָּם מִן הָאָרֶץ, אֶלָּא שֶׁנָּתַן לָהֶם רְשׁוּת לָצֵאת וְהָיוּ בְּנֵי חוֹרִין, אֲבָל בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יָצְאוּ מִכָּל גְּבוּל מִצְרַיִם עִם כָּל צִבְאֹתָם, צְבָא הַנָּשִׁים וְעֶרֶב רַב הַנִּלְוִים עֲלֵיהֶם. ור"א פֵּרֵשׁ כִּי וַיְהִי בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה שֶׁהוֹצִיא ה' אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם דִּבֵּר הַשֵּׁם אֶל מֹשֶׁה "קַדֶּשׁ לִי":
1AND IT CAME TO PASS THE SELFSAME DAY THE ETERNAL DID BRING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT. Since Scripture said above, It was a night of watching unto the Eternal for bringing them out of the land of Egypt,361 it reverted and explained that they did not go out at all of the land then, but that Pharaoh gave them permission [at night] to go out, and thus they became free men. Instead, it was in the glare of full daylight that they went out from all the borders of Egypt with all their hosts — the hosts of women and the mixed multitude362, Verse 38. that attached themselves to them.Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra explained the purport of the verse as follows: “And it came to pass the selfsame day that the Eternal did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt that He spoke to Moses, saying, Sanctify unto Me.”363