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Ramban on Exodus 23:21/רמב"ן על שמות כ״ג:כ״א

אכִּי לֹא יִשָּׂא לְפִשְׁעֲכֶם כִּי שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ יֹאמַר, אַל תַּמֵּר בּוֹ שֶׁלֹּא יִשָּׂא לְפִשְׁעֲכֶם אִם תַּמֵּר בִּדְבָרוֹ, כִּי הַמֵּמֵר בּוֹ מֵמֵר בִּשְׁמִי הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבּוֹ, וְרָאוּי לְהַכְחִידוֹ בְּמִדַּת הַדִּין. וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁיִּהְיֶה שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ מְחֻבָּר לְמַעְלָה, וּשְׁמַע בְּקֹלוֹ כִּי שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ, וְקוֹלוֹ הוּא קוֹל אֵל עֶלְיוֹן:

1For he will not pardon your transgression; for My Name is in him.⁴¹⁵ He is saying: “Be not rebellious against him, for he will not pardon your transgression if you rebel against his word, for he who rebels against him, rebels against the Great Name which is in him, and he deserves to be cut off by the attribute of justice.” It is possible that the expression My Name is in Him, is connected to the above verses: hearken to his voice, for My Name is in him, and his voice is the voice of the Supreme One.