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13 ‎[1] THOU SHALT NOT OPPRESS THY NEIGHBOR. In secret.
‎[2] NOR ROB HIM. Openly by the use of force.
‎[3] THE WAGES. *Pe’ulat* means the wages of. Compare, *Behold, His reward* (u-fe’ulato) *is with Him* (Is. 40:10). It is possible that Scripture is elliptical and that *pe’ulat* is short for *sekhar pe’ulato* (the wages of his labor). Many say that Scripture speaks of a person hired for the day. One is not permitted to tell him to work the next morning and in the morning say I will pay you for two days’ work. The transmitters of tradition say that our verse refers to someone hired for a day, for the sun is not permitted to set on a worker who is hired for the night.
Version: Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001102376/NLI
License: CC-BY-NC